When reading new reviews, I found many of them have the Pros and Cons List all jumbled together; do you proofread your reviews before publishing to make sure everything's in order?
Advanced reviewers: Do you proofread everything before publishing your work?
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I proofread very carefully, though I'm still low enough in rank that everything goes through an editor, anyway.
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I proofread my reviews before publishing like 12 times
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I always write it in a word document that catches most mistakes, but I do a once-over anyways. Every now and again something will slip through or I'll forget to re-re-read it, though!
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Yes - I reread each section and almost always catch errors or correct clumsy speech.
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After I add everything to each box I read each section over again to make sure. Although, that doesn't mean I got everything! Usually I do but not always.
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I proofread but I'm not perfect .
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I try and I do them all in a word doc first. Then I try to read them out loud.
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i too use Word to proof read my reviews
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Yep, I proofread, and also have a spell/grammar check built into my browser (AtD for Chrome).
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I always proof read it. I don't think it should be skipped because of a level.
Originally posted by
Rossie
When reading new reviews, I found many of them have the Pros and Cons List all jumbled together; do you proofread your reviews before publishing to make sure everything's in order?
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Firefox has a spellcheck built in--love that!! It doesn't catch it all, and neither do I. I do proof about 2-3 times prior to submitting.
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I use a word processor to check for spelling/grammer and then save the review and look it over there. Not sure why but I can see more mistakes there. I will usually open up the edit page in a second tab and fix things as I see them.
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I proofread, but even then sometimes I will make minor mistakes.
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It's normal to have minor mistakes, fix them like ToyTimeTim and a lot of other reviewers do, then it's all good!
Originally posted by
Feisty
I proofread, but even then sometimes I will make minor mistakes.
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Yes, several times, but then I go back and read it again a while later after it's published, as some tiny mistakes are easy to overlook when you're too familiar with the piece. I usually end up finding a couple of minor things to change again.
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I don't proofread my finished reviews very often. I always proofread as I write. If I am working on a paragraph and I don't like how it looks, I go back and rewrite it before moving on. I type my reviews up in Microsoft Word and them copy/paste the review onto EF or my blog.
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Always always always.
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I always proofread to be sure I'm clear of mistakes, especially now that my reviews aren't filtered through an editor it's especially important. But I never wanted an editor to have to clean much up in my reviews anyway, I'm pretty tough on myself.
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I proofread some, but I am really bad about proof reading my own work. After so long it all looks the same.
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I write mine in Microsoft Word, and I proof read them a few times. I also have my man look them over after I've proof read them, and he'll sometimes find things I missed. (Sometimes it's hard to see your own errors.) Once it's as pristine as we can get it, then I copy/past it into Eden and publish.
Sometimes, I'll still see something that squeaked by, so then I'll edit the newly published review to fix it.
Sometimes, I'll still see something that squeaked by, so then I'll edit the newly published review to fix it.
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I proofread my reviews carefully and if I happen to see a mistake later on I'll go back and fix it.
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I proofread my own reviews several times. While I'm typing, right after, again before I save and publish, then once again after it's been published to make sure I didn't miss anything.
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I proofread them, but I often times will find a mistake after I publish them anyway even though I've looked over it. So I often go back and change parts of the review.
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I always proof read but sometimes I forget. I'm human
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I always proof read but sometimes I miss things.
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I proofread before publishing, but an immediate reread is bound to miss something, since the brain knows what the sentence is supposed to say already, so I'll usually reread my published reviews after a day or two just in case.
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Most of the experienced reviewers are willing to edit their work 'after' the new reviews have been published - go in and fix errors and/or add additional information - wonder whether the less-experienced reviewers know they're allowed to do that? A lot of times people will leave comments telling the reviewers to add more information to the reviews, but those reviewers never follow the readers advice, is it because they don't know they can go back to edit it, or they don't want to bother? Maybe I should start another thread to talk about this!
Originally posted by
ToyTimeTim
I use a word processor to check for spelling/grammer and then save the review and look it over there. Not sure why but I can see more mistakes there. I will usually open up the edit page in a second tab and fix things as I see them.
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I usually save mine as a draft then view it an then open an edit tab so I can go in a correct it.
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I always carefully proofread my reviews.
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