The Success Express, Successful with Words, Editing, Write What You Mean
This clip is from my “Success with Words” column in Big Blend’s The Success Express on October 4, 2011 http://www.successexpressmagazine.com/WriteWhatYouMean.html ‘$uccessful with Words’ Editing Write What You Mean by Maralyn D. Hill, Co-Author ‘$uccess, Your Path to a Successful Book’ Editing is a must when you write. Even the best writers and editors need someone else to edit their work. It is very easy when you are typing quickly to misspell or use the wrong spelling of a word. I did it a few weeks ago with an important e-mail—using their instead of there—and I know better. Even though it is best to have someone else proofread your material, when that is not possible, be sure to proof it yourself. The best way is to read it out loud. That goes for e-mail too. One column cannot begin to cover editing. I think many of us are guilty of using spell check and grammar check on the computer and thus fail to read our article or e-mail through, let alone out loud. These two useful tools find some obvious mistakes but certainly not all. You need to re-read and check yourself. It is very easy to misuse words such as some of those shown below. They are frequently interchanged, resulting in the wrong meaning and you can’t count on spell check to alert you to your error. I’m...
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