Why proofread? It's the content that really matters, right?
Content is important. But like it or not, the way a paper looks affects
the way others judge it. When you've worked hard to develop and present
your ideas, you don't want careless errors distracting your reader from
what you have to say. It's worth paying attention to the details that
help you to make a good impression.
Most people devo
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only a few minutes to proofreading, hoping to catch any glaring errors
that jump out from the page. But a quick and cursory reading, especially
after you've been working long and hard on a paper, usually misses a
lot. It's better to work with a definite plan that helps you to search
systematically for specific kinds of errors.
Sure, this takes a
little extra time, but it pays off in the end. If you know that you
have an effective way to catch errors when the paper is almost finished,
you can worry less about editing while you are writing your first
drafts. This makes the entire writing process more efficient.
Try to keep the editing and proofreading processes separate. When you
are editing an early draft, you don't want to be bothered with thinking
about punctuation, grammar, and spelling. If your worries about the
spelling of a word or the placement of a comma, you're not focusing on
the more important task of developing and connecting ideas.
Benefits of Proofreading
- You can be sure that the essay, dissertation or thesis you submit will be written to the highest possible standard of English
- You will receive suggestions on places in your work that can be improved
- You get a highlighted copy of your work showing the changes we have made so you can see where you are going wrong,
learn from that and improve your writing in the future
- Proofreading by a professional proofreader will find errors that cannot be picked up by automatic checkers
- Our standard proofreading service also includes light editing to ensure your work uses
an academic vocabulary
Light editing helps to make sure your work uses an academic vocabulary and that any idioms used are correct.
The aim of light editing is to make sure your work is written in an academic style.