Without Proofreading You Do Not Know If Everything Makes Sense

By Peter Hughes


Any person who makes their living writing articles, web copy, eBooks or anything that must educate, explain or illustrate anything to someone, must be able to do it convincingly. That is done, of course, by knowing the material or subject matter and being able to get it down, in an understandable way. Part of that is due to the editing and proofreading that occurs, and must occur, in order to make it look professional to those who read it.

The first task is editing and it concerns the actual content of the piece. To edit means to check all of the facts you wish to present. It is the verification of those facts that hold your piece together and must be looked at by you or someone else before it is published. The math is checked and all conclusions must be examined to determine whether they hold up.

When the activity, known to some as proofing, is undertaken it is simply concerned with the mechanical construction of the content. Editing deals with what is said and proofing is concerned with how it is said. Punctuation is looked at as are all commas, colons, semicolons and other devices are verified as being used properly.

Editing skills are necessary to assure that all things written down, or as much as is appropriate, is correctly documented and proofing ensures that whatever is said looks properly formulated on the paper. You want to say something about a political policy, but the sentence structure must be constructed properly in order to not distract from your strongly held belief, regardless of whether it is from the right or left, politically.

The proper use of commas escape many writers. Proofing will be able to locate and correct these types of issues. The improper use of capitalization is also something that escapes many writers attention. The wrong word used or the right one misspelled is a pain for many readers and it definitely makes the buyer of your article think twice about using you in the future. Proofing your piece is a defense against this type of thing happening.

A lot of writers understand that they have problems in these and more areas. They realize that they usually need help and they will often turn to outside professionals to assist them. These professional proofing services will locate and correct all of the issues because there are certain grammar rules that must be followed and they follow them for you.

If you are involved in the writing industry or are simply writing an article or web copy to promote a product or service, whether your own or as an affiliate, you may need the services of one of these experts. They are easily found, online, and can save you time and embarrassment. They will not cost as much as you may think and will help you gain more attention than a badly executed piece would.

The words and concepts you are able to write down are, indeed, your product. You know that, in order to impress your clients or your readers, they must be carefully considered and rendered in appropriate ways. This is why you are used and this is why you must use everything, and everyone, that can assist you to do this. If it does not make sense it should not be written or offered.




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