Proofreading

• Editing and Proofreading (p.219-223) Norton Field Guide to Writing

As you can see in this reading, there are a million things to do when editing a paper. But the most important in my opinion would be proofreading. The last but not least important thing is proofreading. As the book says, you must slow down when proofreading your paper. If you go too fast or skim through you will not catch all the mistakes. You can't just read the paper either. You have to read the words like this reading explains. I strongly agree with this. If your just reading to see if it makes sense, you will miss spelling and grammar errors. Another great way to proofread is to have someone else do it. Having someone else read over your paper is good because they will catch the things you missed.