Proof reading

[mikephd]

Hi, I am a freshman here and I want to get ahead in my English writing. Could someone tell me how to improve the skill of proof reading? Thanks very much.

[twostep]

Originally Posted by mikephd

Hi, I am a freshman here and I want to get ahead in my English writing. Could someone tell me how to improve the skill of proof reading? Thanks very much.

Take a ruler and read everyline from the bottom of the page up.

[agl01]

There is not anything I dislike more than proofing my own writing. Have someone you trust proof it. If you cannot do that, put it down and come back to it later. I seem to have such a much harder time finding errors if I write something and then immediately proof it.