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My Celine, The first level of proofreading is correction of typos. The major reason for taveling abraod was holiday. Th second level is grammatical/semantical. On this level, can you put a little context around the sentence?

Globetrotter, you must really compose your posts more carefully, and take more time in proofreading them before you post (click 'Preview' below the message box first, not 'Post'). I'm not sure what you are enquiring about, but the nonfinite clause after having done = after doing in...

Welcome Globetrotter, First, I want to encourage you to proofread your typing before submitting your posts. We have enough work to do managing real errors in English, and not purposeful shortcuts, such as: -Not capitalizing the first letter of the first word in a sentence. -Not...

Yes; I'd say it meant: The nature of scientific research requires the discovery of something that is new in itself. If it were possible to prescribe what answers scientific problems should have, they would not be genuine problems, for the essence of the matter would be in advance. (If I...

This is quite a curious situation to me, Taka, and I think you have a good case for confusion. I immediately thought 'they' referred to 'answers'. But on closer inspection of the logic, I thought this: According to the quoted sentence-- The essence of scientific research is discovery. A...

Hi, No, I just meant that it sounded like an exercise where the instruction would be 'Complete the sentence 'Proofreading is something that ...' with whichever one of the following phrases makes the most sense. Thus, the possible choices would be: A. Proofreading is something that all...

Hi Clive, You mean like this: A. All writers should do proofreading. B. Proof reading is something you don't need to do if you are a good writer. C. Only experienced writers need to do proofreading. D. Proofreading is something you can only do for yourself.

To my understanding proofreading is one of the following: A. All writers should do B. You don't need to do if you are a good writer C. Only inexperienced writers need to do D. You can only do for yourself I feel that A is the correct answer . I feel that no matter how good you are...

I've been proofreading my friend's novel and the experience has left me very confused. I'm a native Spanish speaker, and maybe that's causing interference in my English. But anyway, if anyone could help me with the following on comma uses, it'd be great. Any elaboration on rules is welcome....

I am in need of a proofreader. I currently manage a noncommercial website that posts various writings of mine, including movie reviews. I am a fairly competent writer; however, I have what you may call "comma syndrome." I typically use them too often. My writings always have a surplus of...