Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Today's topic is proofreading. anon grammar How can someone who calls herself "Grammar Girl" write the following: "it's nearly impossible for someone to accurately proofread their own writing and be consistently successful."? "Someone" would proofread "his" work or "her" work, but not "their" work. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=21187#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=21187#Comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:48:00 GMT donna grammar These are good suggestions. Downloading the paper and reading it aloud helps me too. Does anyone have an editor I can hire? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=21048#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=21048#Comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:38:54 GMT donna grammar The hardest thing for me to do is proof read. I really do not want to read the paper after I have written it. I may read it a few days later. However, proofreading is the most vital step in completing a paper. I have to read it two or three times to catch my mistakes. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=20838#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=20838#Comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:37:40 GMT debs grammar on the subject of proofreading - I am writing a book in which one of my characters is a freelance proofreader. Can anyone tell me how copy is received these days - would it always be electronically or would there be occasions when paper copies would be sent through the post? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=20776#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=20776#Comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:41:37 GMT Kathy Belaja grammar Thanx, now I know how to pronounce atcetera correctly. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=19537#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=19537#Comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:43:24 GMT Bill Spaniel, ABC grammar My proofreading tip: Use MS Word's zoom feature to magnify the type on screen. It is easier to catch errors when the type is not the normal size. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=19073#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=19073#Comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:11:26 GMT Anne Stephaniuk grammar If it is possible, do your best to get someone who has the ability and skill, to proofread the copy for you. There are courses you can take to acquire proofreading skills. In the past, that is why you didn't see errors in most written material. It was reviewed by a professional before sent into the public domain. In some cases, the New York Times blogs for example, there still is an editor who proofreads the text. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=19059#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=19059#Comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:58:38 GMT John grammar "Anyway, I know that's kind of a silly example because There should be a comma after 'example' http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=18594#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=18594#Comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:07:59 GMT Omorose Panya grammar I don't like to print just to proofread because that wastes paper and ink. Good podcast otherwise =) http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=18499#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=18499#Comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:03:07 GMT hermela grammar what is proofreading help as with and why we need proofreading and what is proofraading mean http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=16831#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx?commentid=16831#Comments Sun, 03 May 2009 15:18:06 GMT Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:48:00 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/proofreading.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us