
Learn the basics of proofreading, improve writing skills, and identify and remove mistakes from documents. Explore opportunities as a freelance proofreader on Upwork.
Proofreading involves checking content and appearance for spelling and grammar errors and ensuring the style, spacing, and margins meet publication standards to produce publication-ready documents.
Develop essential proofreading skills by mastering computer software, track changes, and inserting comments, while applying grammar concepts and AP style guidelines to produce precise, error-free content.
Learn copyediting essentials for beginners: check grammar, spelling, syntax, pagination, and hyphenation; ensure consistency and factual accuracy while safeguarding against errors and potential legal liability in characters, plot, and setting.
Explore proofreading symbols and their margin marks, learn how to specify changes with detailed instructions, and apply inserting, deleting, and changing text per British standards.
Prioritize the larger points of your text, then correct sentence and word level issues, whether proofreading on paper or screen, with focused techniques like reading aloud and taking breaks.
Explore the craft of writing letters, covering formal and informal forms such as business, invitation, complaint, apology, recommendation, and resignation letters, and learn essential formats, subject clarity, and polite content.
Are you new to proofreading? Would you like to learn the basics of proofreading? Want to Use professionally recognised proofreading symbols correctly? Know exactly what to look for when proofing any document? This course is for you! I will teach you the basics of proofreading and enable you to have a better knowledge of proofreading.
Not only that you could be able to work on sites like Upwork and Fiverr with this knowledge as a proofreader. Even if you're already studied about proofreading before this is a great refresher on the subject.
So if you want to learn the ins and outs of proofreading welcome!
Course includes:
· The most common errors of punctuation, grammar and syntax
· How to proofread academic text
· Strategies for catching more errors
·Proofreading Symbols
·Proofreading on Paper and screen
·Concept of proofreading
· Editing
Who this course is for:
For beginners learning the basics
People who want to improve their proofreading skills
Anyone who would like to work as a proofreader - employed or freelance
Writers seeking to catch more errors in their work
Professionals who need to create error-free documents
Why this course?
Because it's great way to getting started in proofreading.
I'll see you soon.
Thank you,
Thomas Shane
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