ProofReading UPDATE: I’m good, she’s bad!

I thought my boss got me to do proofreading to let her figure out if I’m good at it or not. Well, I thought wrong. I was flattered to know that she made me proofread the articles her main writer wrote because she trust me with my english expertise. Whappak! “Haba ng hair ko dai!”

She told me that she was doubtful about her main writer’s writing skills because she finds them worse. Well, we have the same conclusion. It was bad! As what I’ve said in my previous post “How could articles like those even exist?” It was an honest review of mine when I said that. And now, knowing that the proofreading I did was to assess someones’ writing skills, the articles were really annoying; the worst articles I have ever encountered in my life so far.

I’m not saying that I myself is really good in writing or in english for that matter, but those were really bad. My 13 year old neice could even do better than her. Who’s her? Well, it’s my boss’ main writer. She’s so bad at writing. I’m sorry boss but you need to get yourself a new main writer. I have recommended Biboy to her. My boss calls her Lao. LOL. Funny! Anyway, Biboy is my long time neighbor and batchmate in high school. I think he can be good at the position. 

So that has been my ProofReading life for today! Like I always say to my Boss: Have a great day ahead of you! Cheers! LOL That’s manang Jing2x’s boss!

ProofReading

Today, i had the chance to do proofreading on 45 articles. My boss was confident enough to let me proofread some articles that are of low quality; in need for typo and grammar corrections. When she informed me about it last night, I was excited but anxious at the same time. I’ve never done proofreading before or not as a job so to speak. 

What is ProofReading? ProofReading is measuring an article’s relevance and competency in terms of its content. Content in a sense where you look into its grammar, sentence construction, use of words, word count, sensibility, impact, typographical set up, and its structure as a whole.

I really thought it was easy at first but being on the actual scene was a whole different story. Most of the articles I have proofread were really worst especially the grammar. Gosh! How can an article like those even exists?! Considering it’s my first time, I really did have a hard time. My boss told me that the articles are of low quality so don’t attempt to rewrite them, just do some corrections when you find typo and grammar errors. But what if the whole article is the error itself? I still couldn’t figure out the thin line between rewriting and correcting when the whole article is the error. But then again I was warned that the articles are of low quality.

Errrr! Confusing! Manang Jing2x! Help! LOL. 

I just hope I did it right. There were articles with less errors though; which I haven’t done much corrections to. Then now I’m all not excited anymore because I’m not satisfied with the outcome, to be honest. Now, I’m more anxious. If given a chance to do the ProofReading all over again, I’d do it!

XOXO