A+ Guide to the Freshman Five: Boxed Set (A+ Guides to Writing Book 7) by Alison Plus

Author:Alison Plus [Plus, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Four-Ply Publishing
Published: 2016-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

Book Three: Step Eight: The Final Check

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Always proofread on pages printed in a font other than the one you normally use. Reading on paper in a different font will make it easier to spot typos and other errors.

The last step before you hand in your paper is to give it a final check for grammar, punctuation, typos, and other mechanical errors. Even if you normally demonstrate a strong command of academic grammar and spelling, it is still important to give your paper a final proofreading before you hand it in. Errors can sneak in during the revision process, so even a sentence that started perfectly can end up with unintentional errors.

Remember, academic writing follows formal grammar conventions. What might be perfectly appropriate for an email, forum post, or other casual communication might not work for academic papers. It is important to use proper academic grammar and to maintain academic tone, and the easiest way to accomplish that is to proofread your paper in layers.

Layered proofreading might take a little bit more time, but it is much easier overall. By using a layered approach, you proofread for particular types of errors at one time, which frees you to focus on only those necessary details. In other words, if you make a separate pass for commas, you will not become so caught up in spelling checks that you will miss a possible comma error. The good news is that the more you practice your proofreading skills, the fewer layers you will need in order to complete the proofreading part of the writing process.

What follows is not meant to be a perfect, comprehensive list of everything that can go wrong in a paper. Instead, this is a list of common errors often found in student papers. However, every writer is different. One writer might excel at spelling and will not need to proof for homophones, and another might confuse “there” and “their” frequently. With this in mind, the smartest thing to do is use this list as a starting point. You might not need to check every item on the list for every layer. However, you might want to add things to the list if you know you have certain errors you tend to make or if your instructor has flagged a particular error in past papers. First, read through the steps in each layer to understand how this kind of proofreading process works.

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