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Expert advice to perfect your proofreading skills
McGraw-Hill’s Proofreading Handbook helps ensure that your documents are letter-perfect, every time. Veteran editor and proofreader Laura Anderson arms you with all the tools of the proofreader’s trade and walks you step-by-step through the entire proofreading process.
The ideal desk companion for everyday writers, aspiring copyeditors, professional proofreaders, and veteran perfectionists alike
From term papers and annual reports to books and online articles, important documents only look professional if they are free of errors. And whether you're a student, a businessperson, or a professional proofreader, it's your job to make sure that every piece of writing that crosses your desk is clear, concise, and correct. Now you can avoid embarrassing mistakes and hone your critical skills with McGraw-Hill's Proofreading Handbook, the most up-to-date and authoritative guide to ensuring your documents are error free.
Completely updated to include the latest information on Web-based material, this second edition makes proofreading easy for beginners and nonprofessionals, while providing a complete compendium of helpful resources that accomplished proofreaders will return to again and again.
Step-by-step instructions take you through the entire proofreading process, showing you how to:
This comprehensive guide also provides you with the tools of the trade, giving you valuable sample style sheets, proofreading checklists, a list of commonly misspelled words, and a chart of proofreading symbols--everything you need to dot your I's and cross your T's. You'll never send out a resume, submit a report, or hand in a proofread manuscript without first consulting this go-to guide.
Laura Anderson is an experienced editor and proofreader. She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.
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A Book Publisher's Proofreading Rules,
This review is from: McGraw-Hill's Proofreading Handbook (Paperback)
McGraw-Hill uses the information in this book as a resource for their proofreader-employees and contractors. The information is easy-to-read and understand and is organized for ease-of-reference. This small textbook should be in the library of the professional proofreader or the serious writer.
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If you're new to the wonderful world of proofreading and copy editing then you need this book! It is clear, concise, and easy to understand. Full of helpful information and tips I strongly recommend this above any other proofreading handbooks!
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Helpful for remembering all of the symbols,
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I am a technical writer and editor. Sometimes I forget all of the symbols associated with proofreading and copyediting. This book is helpful at keeping them straight.
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