Proofreading
You have already considered strategies for proofreading from Module 1. Review that section of Module 1 now so that you can apply those strategies directly to your report.
Proofreading is the most detailed view you take of your writing. Here are some particular strategies you can employ:
- Ensure that all the mechanical elements in your draft are correct: sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, spelling and word usage;
- one way to ensure this consistency is to use a checklist to help you define what you need to look out for as you edit your report. Some departments may already provide a checklist for you that you can submit along with your report;
- for those who do not have one, consider the following sample checklist as a good starting point. You can add or change anything to suit your own purposes.
Many of the points in the checklist are based on the issues you considered in Module 1.
Revising Checklist 2: Proofreading
