Tricks of the Trade
Tuesday, 31 August, 2004
(via Neil):
Proofreader
If you're reading too fast, your brain can “correct” typos, preventing you from catching them. That's why it's sometimes a good idea to read a page upside-down. It forces you to pay closer attention to individual words out of context, and you can't race through pages too fast.
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Who’s going to read a page upside down?? Though I have to admit I always pick up at least ONE mistake from our centre’s newsletter AFTER its been published an distributed. That’s pretty bad eh?? Esp since I edit it!
I will definitely keep that in mind. Thanks, Karen!