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The Writing Center Presents:  How to Proofread More Effectively


The Writing Center will present “How to Proofread More Effectively” on December 5, 2012 at both the Brighton and Damon City Campus.

According to Mark Twain, you think you are proofreading, but you are merely reading your own mind; your statement is full of holes and vacancies, but you don’t know it because you are filling them from your mind as you go along.  No matter how carefully we examine a text, it seems there is always one more little blunder waiting to be discovered.

There’s no foolproof formula for perfect proofreading every time.  As Twain realized, it’s just too tempting to see what we meant to write rather than the words that actually appear on the page or screen.  But this interactive workshop should help you see (or hear) your errors before anybody else does.

Date:  Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Time:  12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.
Brighton Campus:  Room 8-100
Presenter:  Jean McDonough, Academic Support Services

Damon City Campus:  Room 4057
Presenter:  Amanuel Malik, Student Support Services

Hope to see you there!

Patricia Kennedy
Academic Support Services
11/26/2012