proofreading

In normal reading, you look at the overall shape of the word, not each individual letter. It’s why words written in ALL CAPS are harder to read. For example, the word “juggling” looks completely different in lower case, as shown. Readers usually fix their eyes on the print only a Read more…

Proofreading is important, because people judge you by the accuracy of your written communications. Here are my favourite examples of when writing has gone horribly wrong. Daily Mail article Britain’s biggest-selling hill-walking magazine apologised yesterday after publishing a route that would have led climbers off the edge of a cliff. Read more…

There seems to be an annoying little gremlin that delights in creeping into your copy and adding mistakes in the hope that you won’t notice. And you can’t trust spell-cheque [sic]. Years ago, I was tasked to write a ‘romantic’ jewellery leaflet. I wrote the headings in French but then Read more…