Proofreading is very important. In Grammar Girls “Proofreading Tips” she talks about reading over your work, and even after proofreading you still miss typos. Grammar girl gives some good tips about how to proofread better and what could happen if do not proofread.
Grammar Girl mentioned the Bank of Kazakhstan released noted that had bank misspelled when can cause a lot of problems when the note is in circulation. The tips that Grammar Girl used were to read your work backwards which makes it less likely to pass over typos that you would pass over reading correctly, read out loud which allows you to catch your typos in speaking, always read a printed version of your writing because it is easier to read a piece of paper than on a computer screen thus allowing you to catch more errors, and the last one was to give yourself more time instead of reading it right away you give your brain a chance to refresh.
I really enjoyed this episode of Grammar Girl. In middle school I used to proofread backwards and it worked very well, but over the years I forgot about that tip. Reading out loud always worked well for especially when I did not have access to a printer to read my writing on paper, which she mentioned in her tips. When she mentioned to give yourself some time before you proofread made me realize that I always proofread right away. Grammar Girl mentioned that with newspapers they have the editors proofread it and I remember when I wrote for my high school newspaper that it always helped to have more than one person proofread my paper.
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