Proofreading
The Funny Grammar Guide to Homophones
Our new 'funny grammar guide' will steer you away from all the pitfalls and perils of grammar and spelling mistakes, helping you to become an expert at proofreading your own work for common errors. Best of all, it's illustrated with funny real-life grammar mistakes! This week: homophones!
Always Use a Proofreading Service: Double Letters
Next in our series of funny grammar mistakes we deal with double letters, and the common spelling catastrophes they cause! Read our top tips for how to avoid double letter spelling mistakes in your own work, and have a giggle at our real life examples of people who really should have used a proofreading service!
Funny Grammar Mistakes: Homophones
Homophones are words which sound exactly the same but are spelt differently. As you can imagine, these give rise to a lot of probems in English grammar, and they are also responsible for some of the funniest real life grammar mistakes we could find! Our quick guide contains top tips to avoid making mistakes with homophones.
Proofreading Problems: Structure
Structure is one of the thorniest issues for a proofreader to tackle, as there are no hard and fast rules on exactly what the ideal structure of an essay or text should be. This blog contains practical help and advice on structure for proofreaders, including sections on paragraphing, sub-headings and the elusive 'flow' of the text.
Common Proofreading Problems: Referencing Systems
In our new blog series on Common Proofreading Problems we explore some of the most frequently arising issues encountered by the professional proofreader and detail some of the best methods for overcoming them. In our first blog we look at the many issues surrounding referencing within a text, and the dilemmas a proofreader faces in deciding which is the right referencing method to use.
