As a continent strategist, nothing bothers me more than seeing selling miss aches in professional writing. Moreover, today almost every1 sends lots of time txting, and they begin 2 carry over the the short-hand language from txt messaging to their work pace. Be care full to remember ur audience and right appropriately. Sell check does not pick up everything, and auto correct sometimes choses the wrong word, so poof read your writing!
When writing it may not seem necessary to proofread. After all, you just finished typing it; you know what you wrote, right? However, just because words sounded good in your mind doesn’t mean that you actually typed them correctly. In addition, a sentence may sound correct in your head but that does not mean it is grammatically correct. When you read the words you have written mistakes might jump out at you — they will probably jump right out at the recipient!
With more and more business being conducted remotely — through email and over the Internet, your written words are often all the other person has to form their first impression. Your writing is a reflection of you and your brand. If a document is loaded with grammatical errors and typos, people won’t take you seriously. Sure the content is supposed to be more important than anything, but often, even small mistakes will mean that the person has already formed a less than stellar impression before they have fully understood the value of what you’ve written. The written language used to package your message is very important.
Small mistakes can tell the reader a big message:
- You can’t spell or write properly
- You don’t care enough to spell or write properly
- You don’t care about details
- You’re just not very careful
- You might be wasting my time.
So proofread and copyedit everything you write before you submit, publish or send it to anyone. Do not rely on spell check. As demonstrated above, spell check will not catch all errors.
By proofreading and finding all the mistakes you’ll look like a much better and more professional writer. If there are no mistakes left in your document your readers will be able to focus on the content.
Happy writing!
–Michelle Loeb, social media & content strategist
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