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Incorrect capitalizations, wrong words, punctuation mitsakes, spelling errors, and typo’s are often easier to spot in other peoples’ writing then in our own. Technology can be helpful, but a over reliance on on it can affect some pretty serious proofreading disasters? Sometimes these “fails” are funny, but were usually left shaking are heads and wondering “How did noone notice that”?
There are 14 (yes, 14) errors!
- mitsakes should be mistakes
- typo’s should be typos
- peoples’ should be people’s
- then should be than
- a should be an
- over reliance should be overreliance
- on on is doubled
- affect should be effect
- disasters should be disasters[period]
- were should be we’re
- are should be our
- comma missing after wondering
- noone should be no one
- that”? Should be that?”
- If you found 12–14 errors, you’re a Grammando.
- If you found 9–11 errors, you’re a Grammaniac.
- If you found 7–8 errors, you’re a Grammar Nanny. (Grammarly, by the way, only caught 8 errors!)
- If you caught fewer than 7 errors, you’re a Grammateur. But fret not; every Grammando started as a Grammateur.
If you answered in the 9–14 range, GREAT JOB! You may have what it takes to make some decent side hustle money as a freelance general proofreader.
Again, Grammarly caught 8 of the 14 errors—only 57%!
- What if your surgeon operated on the correct body part 57% of the time?
- What if your airline pilot found only 57% of the correct airports?
- What if your boss paid you for only 57% of the hours you worked?
Unacceptable! Many people, including bloggers and authors, blindly trust spelling and grammar checkers—and that’s why freelance proofreaders still make decent money.
Free General Proofreading Workshop
Caitlin Pyle, the same person who taught me transcript proofreading, offers a free 76-minute workshop on general proofreading.
Will she try to sell you on her training? Well, duh. Of course she will! She wants people to take her courses because her training courses are her livelihood.
BUT…
What makes ProofreadAnywhere a little different from most training course out there is that Caitlin, the owner, aggressively tries to “weed out” anyone who may not make a great proofreader.
Proofreading is not as easy as many people assume, and that weeding out process is one major function of the free general proofreading workshop.
Think about it: her course’s reputation can be destroyed by course graduates delivering poor-quality service, so it is Caitlin’s best interest to accept only students with the aptitude to become professional, accurate, successful proofreaders.
The general proofreading course not a Participation Trophy-type course. If you do not master the skills and pass the exams, you do not pass the course!
Try the free workshop and let me know what you think of it.
General Proofreading Workshop