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Proof Reading Tips: ELA 20 Students (Please add your own tips and links to this page)

Thanks to Aldo for these tips and links: Use a spell checker and grammar checker as a first screening, but don't depend on them. (http://www.lrcom.com/tips/proofreading_editing.htm)

Print it out and read it. (http://www.lrcom.com/tips/proofreading_editing.htm)

//Find a quiet place to work.// Don't try to do your proofreading in front of the TV or while you're chugging away on the treadmill. Find a place where you can concentrate and avoid distractions. (http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/proofread.html)

If you wrote the copy, get someone else to proofread it — they can approach the text as a stranger without your preconceptions. (http://www.interactivetraining.co.uk/proofreading-tips.html)

Take a break! Allow yourself some time between writing and proofing. Even a five-minute break is productive because it will help you get some distance from what you have written. The goal is to return with a fresh eye and mind. (http://128.210.82.236/owl/resource/561/01/)

Get others involved. Asking a friend or a Writing Lab tutor to read your paper will let you get another perspective on your writing and a fresh reader will be able to help you catch mistakes that you might have overlooked. (http://128.210.82.236/owl/resource/561/01/)

After corrections have been made, don't forget to proof the revised document. First check to see that all the corrections were made, then read over the document one more time to make sure you didn't miss something the first time around! (http://www.essortment.com/all/proofreadingtip_rvww.htm)

First, proof the body of the text. Then go back and proof the headings. Headings are prone to error because copy editors often don't focus on them.

Thanks to Karli for these tips:
 * • After writing your story, wait a couple hours before proof reading.
 * • Read the story backwards, so you are able to see if words are misspelled easier.
 * • Read out loud, so you are able to hear if the story makes sense.
 * • Put a ruler under each line you are reading to prevent your eye from jumping to the next line.
 * • Proof-read more than once.
 * • Read the story looking for spelling mistakes, and then read it over looking for grammar mistakes. If you try fixing everything with reading over once, you tend to miss some of your mistakes.
 * • Make sure that each sentence is well structured.
 * • Ask a friend to proof-read for you.

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