I know, I know. I left out a c – the same letter that was left out of a word in a message that reads:
“take advantage of all the faulty interviews while they’re still up”
How about you – would you listen to faulty interviews or faculty interviews?
While the faulty ones might be more interesting – especially if there’s a quiz with a reward for correct answers – I know the person who sent this message would never intentionally conduct a “faulty” interview.
What’s your sensitivity to misspellings?
If you’re like my friend, Joen [pronounced Joan], you won’t do business with anyone who misspells anything. So, if you pull up to restaurant that hosts “Partys for up to 100” you won’t park. You’ll drive away as I insisted my husband do when we saw the sign.
And, yet, I’m as guilty of what I call “unconscious misspelling” as anyone. I write fast. I think fast. And, you guessed it, I talk fast, too.
3 Success-Proofreading Tips – What’s Missing?
1. Assume you’ve made a mistake. That’s right. Look for it. Reread every communication – even a tweet on twitter – at least three times.
2. Read your writing out loud – you’ll hear rough spots that beg to be smoothed.
3. Use Mozilla Firefox as your browser – comes with auto-spell check.
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8 thoughts on “how do you proofread sucess? 3 tips”
Totally agree with you and these tips are good. I always use firefox to spot if I have made a typo and I use twitterfox for twitter. Good thing is, firefox recognises when you have a mistake in twitterfox and so will unline it for you to correct it – a great nifty tool many should use.
Totally agree with you and these tips are good. I always use firefox to spot if I have made a typo and I use twitterfox for twitter. Good thing is, firefox recognises when you have a mistake in twitterfox and so will unline it for you to correct it – a great nifty tool many should use.
Terrific post! Getting an outside set of eyes or a Professional grammar editor to proofread ones resume is the surest way to get all the misspelled words and awkward phrases corrected.
Terrific post! Getting an outside set of eyes or a Professional grammar editor to proofread ones resume is the surest way to get all the misspelled words and awkward phrases corrected.
This is a wonderful post. Will definitely apply these when working on my editing
tasks. My advise is not to count on MS Word spell checker or any software. Just get someone else to look at your work.
This is a wonderful post. Will definitely apply these when working on my editing
tasks. My advise is not to count on MS Word spell checker or any software. Just get someone else to look at your work.
Short proofreading tips but effective, thank you!
Short proofreading tips but effective, thank you!