Thursday 3 January 2013

How To Do Academic Proofreading

By Darcy Deleo


A written article, in order to be most effective in conveying its message, would need to have academic proofreading. The way that an article is presented would affect much on how the reader will see it. It could either motivate him or discourage him to continue. There is a difference between speaking and writing. With the latter, there are move visual clues for your reader to assess your educational background.

In writing you strive to put your line of thought in written form. In this process, you would be putting in print what you are thinking of without looking for errors. However, if you automatically look for it, such as in the cases of those who write for their jobs with given quotas, errors would surely pass through unnoticed. Hence, there is a need for editors and proofreaders. For those who have enough time, giving your mind a little rest would be very helpful in giving you a fresher view of what you have written.

You may focus on a specific problem as you go through your article. For example, on your first pass, you would be focusing on grammatical errors, the next would then be on punctuation, and so on. This would be helpful in maintaining your focus on editing and proofreading.

No matter how error free, the article is, the content is still very important. In that regard, one would have to check on the details that are being given. One must see that there are no errors of the dates, facts, and other ideas being given. There is also the need to check on how they are being delivered so that they would be easily understood by the reader.

A technique that is being used by many professionals rendering services such as these is having a hard copy. Having a hard copy to proofread after checking on the software have been shown to be more effective. This has been proven many times already and is being employed by many.

There are a lot of issues focusing on software that provides proofreading tasks. Though different software provides different performance, it would help if you would get to discover those that offer more satisfactory jobs. One would not have to rely on them as they are still prone to errors. However, they would still be helpful in spotting other errors that escape your eyes.

In order to not repeat the same mistakes, one would have to take note of them. Make a list and see what errors are frequently made. This way, you would be more mindful of them next time you would write. Make sure to check on them first as you proofread.

In doing academic proofreading, time is important so as to make the task more thorough. Having someone to help with the task is even more preferable. A well presented written article would be easily understandable by the reader and more authoritative.




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