 I’ve just added two more proofreading exercise here. If you take a look at them, you’ll find they differ from practically every other proofreading exercise you’ve encountered in one significant aspect.
Each proofreading exercise contains only a handful of errors. Most proofreading exercises are crammed with spelling mistakes and grammatical slip-ups. Every other line features a glaring faux pas of one sort or another. In the real world, you’ll be proofreading copy that is likely to have been produced by professionals, by people who take the quality of their output very seriously. They actually don’t want to have their inadequacies pointed out to them, so they’ll be doing their level best to create error-free documents. The proofreading exercises on this website, like The No-Nonsense Proofreading Course itself, will prepare you to actively pursue and carry out genuine proofreading assignments. In the real world. Not in some bizarre parallel universe where documents are created by bumbling individuals incapable of stringing a sentence together. Good luck with the exercises!
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3/22/2011 02:04:08 pm
Thanks for beautiful and targeted advise, its really good and work, I am going through in learning process. Good list! Reading backwards and reading out loud are the two most important tips that I give new authors when working with them on page proofs. Some people tend to read too quickly to proofread effectively, and in those cases I suggest moving your finger along under each word as you read — the physical action helps to keep the eyes from racing ahead of the brain. Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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