How to Find & Correct Writing Errors: The Proofreading Guide

Identify and Remove Embarrassing Mistakes from Documents

4.55 (1153 reviews)
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English
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How to Find & Correct Writing Errors: The Proofreading Guide
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Apr 2024
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What you will learn

See and remove embarrassing typos and spelling errors

Find errors in design and graphics

Use lists and guides to ensure proofreading consistency

Work comfortably with professional proofreading symbols

Why take this course?

  • 86.8% rating all time 

  • Taught by a university professor with 10 years of experience in newspaper and magazine writing and editing

What students say...

"It was easy to follow and very informative." Derick Young, Udemy Student
"It was very informative and helpful." Renee Garcia, Udemy Student
"Great information on subtle things to look for when proofreading." Bonny Napolitano, Udemy Student
"Everything's very clearly laid out and informative."Natalie Artemas-Polak, Udemy Student
"Concise, well-written and narrated." David Parlier, Udemy Student
"I learned loads of practical tips. Thanks!"Natalie Psaila, Udemy Student
"The course was well organized. It covered a lot of important points. I learned a lot."Theodora Aina, Udemy Student

Did that spelling mistake in your cover letter cost you the job interview?
Did you annoy a client by misspelling her name?
Have you edited and read over your writing 10 times but still worry that errors remain?

Don't fail at proofreading. Proofreading is not copy editing. 

Copy editing is about significant changes to sentences and paragraphs. 

But writers often forget the importance of proofreading

How to Find & Correct Writing Errors: The Proofreading Guide is for writers and editors of any genre who are looking to develop their proofreading skills and prevent embarrassing errors in written documents.

The proofreading stage is the last chance to catch errors before colleagues, publishers, application committees, and the general public read your writing. Effective proofreading is about polishing your documents to impress readers with pristine prose and design. 

Yet proofreading does not get enough attention as it’s often rushed or avoided altogether. 

The Ultimate Guide to Proofreading is the first comprehensive Udemy course on the subject. First, I explain how to develop the right mindset to catch errors. I then show where most errors lurk. I examine the most common errors in words, punctuation, and design. I additionally provide unique techniques for making your proofreading work easier and more effective.  

These tips come from my 20+-year career in editing and proofreading jobs. I've edited thousands and thousands of written documents and I use these techniques every day.  

Enrol now to learn tested tips for getting those annoying errors out of your documents and the documents of clients and colleagues.

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Reviews

Destiny
July 21, 2023
Your course gave some useful tips that I hadn't thought of. It also gave me an actionable process to use as I'm proofreading. Thank you!
Heather
January 15, 2023
It´s a solid course for absolute beginners and people thinking about getting into proofreading. The advice is sound and it´s given me a lot to work with. Thanks very much.
Tsaniah
October 11, 2022
I like how sharp, simple, and effective the courses are. I would like to become a freelance proofreader due to my experiences in helping people around me with their writing. Hopefully, this course can be a stepping stone for my proofreading and editing career. Thank you so much!
Sonny
August 27, 2022
The tips are somewhat basic so far but they are important things to reinforce - my rating could increase by the end of the course.
James
May 21, 2022
Fairly basic and obvious proof-reading tips only have been imparted so far... These might have been realised through common sense in several instances, or have been readily gleaned for free by skimming online for general tips and habits. The lecturer doesn't always seem fully engaged with his subject.
Brenda
April 27, 2022
It was a great match! Although, I had a job years ago as a proofreader/typesetter for a newspaper, this is a great refresher.
Earl
February 7, 2022
I'm establishing a solid foundation in proofreading through Dr. Koerber's clear, concise, and practical method of teaching. Additionally, I love Dr. Koerber's brevity, he cuts right to the point, equipping the student with key proofreading tools! I am in enjoying this engaging course so far! I strongly recommend this course to anybody who wants to improve their proofreading skills or even pursue proofreading professionally like me. Thank you Dr. Koerber!
Mariana
February 5, 2022
Muy didáctico. Se entiende perfectamente bien y da buenos típs para los principiantes. Recomiendo tomar este curso para tener un pantallazo general del tema.
Christopher
December 16, 2021
Very useful complement to the Clare Lynch course. Each fills in things the other doesn't include (but might if they had another hour!)
Steve
October 13, 2021
This is more of a tips and tricks course. Not a how-to like the like leads you to believe. The tips are good, just not what I was expecting.
DOSH
October 1, 2021
The instructor portion of the video constantly freezes, while the slide deck portion keeps up with the voice over.
Erica
September 30, 2021
This was a great course for a beginner! It briefly explains what all needs to be done when proof reading/copy editing.
Sandra
September 3, 2021
Totally about presentation rather than content: zoom in on instructor's face so there is less boring blank space filling the screen; use a different background that adds some interest, like a plant or even using lighting effects. The pages were putting me to sleep! As in many of these videos, some greater effort could be put into providing concrete items for the students. For example, the proofreading of the WSPA article was nice. But it would also be nice to have some pdf's of the proofreading symbols that are shown as a screenshot of a Google search, but which could have also been distributed as pdf's. Perhaps prepare a pdf page of the various "guides" that are alluded to but very generally. Section 8 just seemed like filler content.
Oluwaseyi
August 12, 2021
It's been a while I took my hands off indepth proofreading for documents. The course was a refresher. I love the part that talked about proofreading graphics or other elements.
Kirstin
July 1, 2021
Dr. Koerberg offered some very helpful advice regarding the essential processes involved in successful proofreading, as opposed to a generic guideline about common errors that writers make. As an English teacher who already knows a great deal about common writing errors, this course gave me insight into what I would need to do in order to launch my own freelancing career.

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