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!

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