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Why is Proofreading Important? Is it necessary to proofread your work? Yes, it is important to proofread as when you finish writing something and then you or someone else checks it, it will be a confirmation over to make sure that the document has no grammar or spelling mistakes. Sometimes we read articles or blogs, or even comments made for them with many minor and sometimes major spelling and grammar mistakes. Some mistakes are hilarious and are embarrassing after published. Especially when writing in English unlike the other languages people tend to make a mess with homonyms also sometime with the wrong punctuation marks like apostrophes in the wrong place. For example, when the text should carry the word here it might be written as hear , which will obliterate the whole idea of that sentence. In another instance, if the text is trying to mean its and it has been keyed in as it’s then the idea of the clause will not only be totally distorted, but also will confuse the reader. These kinds of mistakes cannot be rectified by a spell and grammar check or any other proofreading software. The fact is undeniable that any kind of software cannot correct a mistake of this nature and it has to be cross checked or rather proofread by human, which is preferably a professional proofreader. Even a highly professional copywriter or a script writer tends to make at least few minor mistake, while keying in the document, which sometimes is not rectified until the final work is done. Sometimes it is not visible to the writer as a result of looking at the document continuously. Only a third person who goes through the literature will come across these minor errors. It is crucial at least before the finishing touch to proofread the text to make sure nothing goes wrong on-air. Immaterial to the language proofreading is considered as an important part of writing and the purpose of proofreading is to get a 100% accurate output.

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Why is Proofreading Important?

Is it necessary to proofread your work? Yes, it is important to proofread as when you finish writing something and then you or someone else checks it, it will be a confirmation over to make sure that the document has no grammar or spelling mistakes.

Sometimes we read articles or blogs, or even comments made for them with many minor and sometimes major spelling and grammar mistakes. Some mistakes are hilarious and are embarrassing after published. Especially when writing in English unlike the other languages people tend to make a mess with homonyms also sometime with the wrong punctuation marks like apostrophes in the wrong place. For example, when the text should carry the word here it might be written as hear, which will obliterate the whole idea of that sentence. In another instance, if the text is trying to mean its and it has been keyed in as it’s then the idea of the clause will not only be totally distorted, but also will confuse the reader.

These kinds of mistakes cannot be rectified by a spell and grammar check or any other proofreading software. The fact is undeniable that any kind of software cannot correct a mistake of this nature and it has to be cross checked or rather proofread by human, which is preferably a professional proofreader.

Even a highly professional copywriter or a script writer tends to make at least few minor mistake, while keying in the document, which sometimes is not rectified until the final work is done. Sometimes it is not visible to the writer as a result of looking at the document continuously. Only a third person who goes through the literature will come across these minor errors. It is crucial at least before the finishing touch to proofread the text to make sure nothing goes wrong on-air. Immaterial to the language proofreading is considered as an important part of writing and the purpose of proofreading is to get a 100% accurate output.

A proofreading service is very important to any kind of write-up. Finding a reliable proofreader or a proofreading service provider is not going to be that easy. Not every organization will have a proofreading service for many languages. With the ability of proofreading in more than 50 languages, 7G Media Consultancies is one of the leading copywriting solution providers in MENA region; it is based in Dubai and offers an extraordinary proofreading service in Dubai.

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