Category Archives: proof-reading

book blog – our endgame revision and proofing

Posted on June 11, 2015 by pat thomson

Barbara and I are now on final descent with our new writing book, Detox your writing. We’ll have it to the publisher sometime next week. Yippee. Our process of final revision and proof-reading has been in several stages. About three … Continue reading →

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tactics for proof-reading

Posted on October 30, 2014 by pat thomson

I am one of the world’s worst at proof-reading my own work. I’m quite good at revising, but not so good at the final checks. Regular readers of this blog will sometimes spot the odd proofreading omission  – the good news … Continue reading →

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the mystery of the typo solved?

Posted on June 5, 2014 by pat thomson

The other day I made a big mistake. I looked at one of my journal articles that had recently been published. Almost immediately I spotted a typo on the first page. First thought – oh no, how could I have … Continue reading →

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