Proofreading and the Printer’s Devil
August 10, 2007 by Lillie
Georganna Hancock wrote a great post on proofreading at A Writer’s Edge. She gave some excellent pointers on proofreading, but my favorite part of the post was the link to Eric Shackle’s The Printer’s Devil. Anyone who has ever edited and proofread an article dozens of times only to discover a glaring typo as soon as the piece in print or online can identify with this.
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Very true. I recommend getting an outside set of eyes or a Professional grammar editor to proofread ones work as the surest way to get all the misspelled words and awkward phrases corrected.
Professional (if you wrote Your Name @ Professional Grammar Editor, I could address you as a real person, and you would still get your keyword link),
Of course, as another professional editor, I agree with you.
This is a wonderful post. My advise is not to count on MS Word spell checker or any software. Just get someone else to look at your work.
Mark,
Good advice. However, I recommend people use spell check as a start to reduce the number of errors an editor or reader finds. Spell check certainly won’t catch all errors and may even introduce a few new ones, but it is likely to catch a significant percentage. Fewer grammar errors in a manuscript means the editor can concentrate on other elements of writing rather than just correcting mistakes.