Improve your Writing (Proofreading)
If writing it wasn't hard enough... Now you have to read through it again. But "I am lazy" you tell yourself, "I am sure nothing is wrong". Sad thing is you have to do it, it might be hard at times.
Today I am not going to ptoofread this post just to show you how many mistakes do came up. I normally proofread all my posts and every now and then you guys comment on some mistakes that are in the post. See if you cn find these mistakes in this post.
Why is it important to proofrad your work? Proofreading sucks, we all know this, I even hate it, but it is really important. While we write we usually write quite fast and our grammar and smelling usually comes out fun and inventive, but is should not be this way.
You are not meant to be creating new words, we have more than enough already. You should also not be adding new grammar rules to that horrible long list of rules.
Mistakes might seem small, but many added together can become a huge disaster for your paper. Ever read a CV and looked at all the mistakes and thought "this guy is an idiot" how can you hire someone that can't write properly, or is to lazy to proofread?
When writing something you want to leave like that cool guy with them shades on and swag suit. So come on people make your writing look professional. Let me show you the difference:
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Just like above, if your reading looks amazing your reader will want to read more. Thes also increases clarity in your paper and it helps make your paper smooth, so remove thses small mistakes and proofread.
A few examples: Link
- "The sun is a natural source of ultraviolent rays."
Corrected: "The sun is a natural source of ultraviolet rays."
- "Rome was invaded by the ballbearings."
Corrected: "Rome was invaded by the barbarians."
- "At the battle of Hastings the Angels and the Saxons were defeated by the Mormans."
Corrected: "At the battle of Hastings the Anglos and the Saxons were defeated by the Normans."
- "Joan of Arc was burnt at the steak."
Corrected: "Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake."
- "Romeo and Juliet tell each other how much they love each other in the baloney scene."
Corrected: "Romeo and Juliet tell each other how much they love each other in the balcony scene."
Just on a little side note for self improvement. I will be doing pushups, situps and squats for the amount of $$$ (ratio;$2:1) I earn on this post and will give a short feedback every day at the end of each post. This will be split in equally between all 3. Any not done will carry onto the next day.
Predictive text has a lot to answer for!
Predictive text works good I guess, I use Grammarly to correct any mistakes that I end up making. What tools and apps do you use?
I don't use a tool or app but I am often caught out by predictive text as it often gets things wrong. Because you are not expecting changes to what you type to be automatic ... it is handy sometimes though so I'm reluctant to remove it!
works well*! See, predictive text is rubbish!
As a new steemian this is helpful for me to create better content in my upcoming blogs. Will keep looking for your next helpful posts.
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I totally agree with you that proofreading is a chore but can make a difference of day and night to one's writing. I try to proofread but sometimes things do slip past. Your example of 'ultaviolent' rays is funny!! Not in a blog but in my official communications when I was an Executive, I made the following horrible mistakes and luckily caught them in my proof reading before I hit 'send' on the emails - Instead of Best regards, I had ended up typing 'Beast regards', 'Breast regards' and even 'Best Retards' !!! Lol
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hahahah love your example thank you for sharing. I will go have a look :)
I was actually embarrassed that I made those typos. Glad that you find them amusing. Please feel free to include in your future examples :)
Hahaha you're right... I cringed every sentence or two reading this. Proofreading makes a big difference. I'll try to maintain my habit of going over my poetry through all stages of development, and finally that one last time before hitting the blue button 😁
@imwatsi ~ I write poems
Haha so you found the mistakes I made :) some were intentional.
Yes I am trying to fight my laziness and proofreading help even more if English is not your first language (my case). I've read emails from colleagues at work that they didn't find the time to proofread them and I've seen several hilarious associations :) Great article
Hahaha hope you have found some of my lovely mistakes as I have already :D. Sometimes I really enjoy reading as it can be so funny.
great write up,proofreading is one of the most important skill every writer must have,because some small mistake will make the whole article look like you don't know what you are doing,but nevertheless,i write a lot and i sometime i do forgot to fix my ass by posting without proofreading,nice post,kindly check my blog @ https://steemit.com/@cryptohunt
I will have a look at your blog. Sometimes I just don't have the time to proofread.
I totally agree with your opinion
Actually sometimes I forget to megoreksi my writing
Indeed, every one we want to write, it must be really in thought, and careful cultivation.
Sometimes I write so fast without thinking, it makes me sometimes less content to see my own results.
But I love writing too.
If I really want to write with good quality, I will devote my whole mind, and check it even days for a post, that I do before I post.
Thanks to your writing, making your comments a motive for me to be more careful in writing, and correct my own writing
Your post is good
Steem on
My keyboard is a bit broken and if I write fast and don't look at what i am writing I often leave out letters in the words.
True, I also often in that case
Now I will be more careful
Check back what I wrote before posting
The trouble is that mistakes are smarter than us and know to diguise themselves. In my experience as a journalist I discovered that it's better to wait a little before proofreading your article. Take a break, go out and smoke, then come back and read it again. If I re-read the post right-away it looks just perfect, I don't see anything wrong.
I remember one time when I wrote Louis XIV instead of Louis XVI. Nobody noticed until a furios reader called and demanded to know what kind of idiots worked there?
Proofreading is sucking since elementary school. But we need to do it otherwise the Internet does it for us. And the Internet is not nice!!!
hahaha I have to agree with you
Yup, Not have written before Steemit, Now started writing after Steemit .. , Not being able to write as good as you do ..., but Trying ... :)