Proofreading isn't about spotting spelling mistakes... -

Proofreading isn't about spotting spelling mistakes...

11/21/2011

... it's about saving your clients from devastating humiliations like this.

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Zac from Your Perfect English Proofreading link

02/16/2012 1:52am

That is brilliant! I have been travelling around SE Asia and some of the broken English signs are absolutely hilarious. Wish I had taken photos of them! :(

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