Word processing software have bought about remarkable changes in our lives. They have completely transformed the process of proofreading. In the past a proofreader armed with a red pen would go about his/her marking out the text and scribbling comments on the margin.
That seems so ‘long ago’ as now we have the ubiquitous MS-Word document with the red lines or track changes filling a proofread document. It has been a massive shift… this technological method of proofreading is quite efficient and takes significantly less time. But I still remember the good old days when I would work on a “physical” document. It had its own charm and I still believe benefits, which are not offered through the process of proofreading on a word processing application. For example, in the old method the existing text as well as recommended changes can be easily differentiated, the document is neater to look. But anyway, life evolves and I think I am going to keep using track changes, at least it saves a considerable amount of time and of course paper.
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I, too, remember the good old days of old school proofreading. Physical proofing is still an essential skill. Here are 10 tips for proofreading and some really fun exercises that will help writers catch their own mistakes-even spelling errors! See if you can catch all of the errors at Top 10 Proofreading Tips without using these tips. I’ll wager that you can’t. These proofreading tips will make a difference in your own writing and in that of your students.