From the category archives:
What should you do when you must proofread a business document, but you face a panic-stricken colleague, a demanding boss, or a shortened deadline?
As the holiday season and end-of-year deadlines approach, you’ll need to produce more documents in even less time.
Our November newsletter explains how to proofread when time is tight.
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I read a press release this morning, announcing a company had relaunched their website and the CEO began a corporate blog. The PR Web press release read:
Company X Relaunches Wesbite with CEO Blog
How did the proofreading error of Wesbite (website) in the title get past multiple proofreaders?
Actually, proofreading errors are more common in titles, headings, [...]
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If you believe you are too busy to write email and text messages that are clear and grammatically correct, and thereby professionally appealing, think again. Despite a grueling schedule during the campaign, President-Elect Obama still managed it.
According to the New York Times, despite the fact that “His BlackBerry was constantly crackling with e-mails,” Obama’s outgoing [...]
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I’m sorry I’ve not blogged for a few days. Instructional Solutions celebrates its ten year anniversary this month! There is a lot of reflection and writing and celebrating occurring.
Coincidentally, I stumbled across a press release for a potential client, also celebrating a ten year anniversary this year. They’re a great company, but I cringed. The [...]
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Here is a painful example of an actual email received by my friend from his employee last week, which was obviously dashed off and not proofed:
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: caroline@youremailhost.com
Date: Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: supplies
To: David@youremailhost.com
Hi David i did not get my supplies i am hear at work until 9pm. Did [...]
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