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so what's the big deal about proofreading good riding is about a lot more than good grammar just like basketball is about more than good dribbling so why this obsession over typos misspellings and grammar slips two reasons first judgment someone who doesn't know a dangling participle from a dangling dinner guests can spot a typo that typo can then be used to negatively judge you your writing even your intelligence don't believe me here's an article from the Harvard Business Review entitled I won't hire people who use poor grammar author Kyle wings as CEO of iFixit this CEO writes people who mix up their it's and its deserve to be passed over for a job even if they are otherwise qualified for the position I have a zero tolerance approach to grammar mistakes and make people look stupid although there's no known relationship between intelligence and apostrophes that fact obviously does not prevent others or their employers or teachers from judging you based on easy to spot surface errors now the second reason might surprise you it's impossible to us to need to correct that typo impossible to accurately proofread your own writing this fact makes it likely you'll leave some type of error unless you take active measures why can't you proofread your own work accurately you see when writing your mind creates a mental image of meaning that you then attempt to transfer to the page the catch is while your mental image may be perfect what ends up on the page may not be when someone else reads your writing the process happens in Reverse the reader looks first at the words on the page and then tries to construct a mental image of meaning what a difference you the writer have lying on top of the page like a piece of waxed paper your perfect mental image which can prevent you from seeing clearly what's there the reader on the other hand sees the cold reality of the page black squiggles on a white background without any filter that's why the first proofreading tip is to ice it put the riding away until your mental image has faded and no longer obscures the reality what's on the page but the problem with Ison is time it can take days or even weeks for that mental image to fade enough few people least of all students have that time so we need tools we can apply immediately one of the best is text-to-speech these software programs let you hear what you wrote in someone else's voice in other words you get to process your writing as a listener not its creator there are literally hundreds of free text-to-speech programs out there that do the job our favorite is natural reader calm it's free web-based that makes Nothing download and offers drag-and-drop simplicity for your documents natural reader can read ten types of documents has 18 English voices and speed control and it's free version many...