Comments on: How to Proof Your Paper Like a Pro – 8 Proofreading Tips http://studenthacks.org/2008/03/26/proofreading-tips/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:52:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Instructify » Blog Archive » Monday by the Numbers http://studenthacks.org/2008/03/26/proofreading-tips/#comment-2127 Instructify » Blog Archive » Monday by the Numbers Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:18:08 +0000 http://studenthacks.org/2008/03/26/proofreading-tips/#comment-2127 [...] How to Proof Your Paper Like a Pro – 8 Proofreading Tips If you’re sick of students turning in assignments with spelling errors and confusion among there, their and they’re, this post from studenthacks.org is a must. Drop what you’re doing and send your students there. Or should I say “they’re”? [...] [...] How to Proof Your Paper Like a Pro – 8 Proofreading Tips If you’re sick of students turning in assignments with spelling errors and confusion among there, their and they’re, this post from studenthacks.org is a must. Drop what you’re doing and send your students there. Or should I say “they’re”? [...]

]]> By: Eve http://studenthacks.org/2008/03/26/proofreading-tips/#comment-2076 Eve Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:47:14 +0000 http://studenthacks.org/2008/03/26/proofreading-tips/#comment-2076 I agree with proofing in stages. My mom taught me COPS when I was around 6ish or so: Capitals Overall (or Organisation) Punctuation Spelling ... which means you only have to read through it 4 times. I think the "capitals" makes more sense in German than English because you have to capitalize nouns, so if you're proofreading in English you really only need 3. Of course I haven't used it in forever; I used to be a copy editor for a newspaper so proofing has become automatic. I'm reviewing papers for some students right now (focusing on content) and it's taking all my strength to keep from correcting their grammar :) I agree with proofing in stages. My mom taught me COPS when I was around 6ish or so:

Capitals
Overall (or Organisation)
Punctuation
Spelling

… which means you only have to read through it 4 times. I think the “capitals” makes more sense in German than English because you have to capitalize nouns, so if you’re proofreading in English you really only need 3.

Of course I haven’t used it in forever; I used to be a copy editor for a newspaper so proofing has become automatic. I’m reviewing papers for some students right now (focusing on content) and it’s taking all my strength to keep from correcting their grammar :)

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