“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.” – Mark Twain
Mark Twain, author and humorist, regarded by some to be the father of American literature, knew the value of words. He also knew the value of having your work proofread:
“In the first place God made idiots,” he once wrote. “This was for practice. Then he made proof-readers.”
Of course he doesn’t consider people who have their work proofread idiots, what he means is you’d be an idiot NOT to have your work proofread. Proofreaders are specially trained to see the spelling errors, typos, grammatical mistakes, spaces between words, and punctuation, which it is almost impossible to do accurately when you proofread your own work.
Twain also explained why this is:
“You think you are reading proof, whereas you are merely reading your own mind; your statement of the thing is full of holes and vacancies but you don’t know it, because you are filling them from your mind as you go along.”
When you proofread your own work, you know what you are trying to say, and so your brain tells you that everything you are reading makes sense. In effect you skim over your work. When you pay a proofreader to proofread your work, they pore over every word, correcting your punctuation, spelling, grammar, word choice and referencing as they go. If they cannot understand something they make a note of it, and if they can’t understand something, it is likely that whoever is marking your essay won’t be able to understand it either. Having your work proofread will always improve your grade. If your work is free from mistakes, and the marker can understand what you are saying then your grade will only be limited by the quality of your ideas.
Our team of proofreaders at Proofread My Essay are highly experienced and highly qualified, having studied to a minimum of postgraduate level at some of the UK’s highest regarded universities, with areas of expertise covering a wide range of subjects.
Upload your work today and see the difference our service can provide you, and your grades.
Mark Twain, author and humorist, regarded by some to be the father of American literature, knew the value of words. He also knew the value of having your work proofread:
“In the first place God made idiots,” he once wrote. “This was for practice. Then he made proof-readers.”
Of course he doesn’t consider people who have their work proofread idiots, what he means is you’d be an idiot NOT to have your work proofread. Proofreaders are specially trained to see the spelling errors, typos, grammatical mistakes, spaces between words, and punctuation, which it is almost impossible to do accurately when you proofread your own work.
Twain also explained why this is:
“You think you are reading proof, whereas you are merely reading your own mind; your statement of the thing is full of holes and vacancies but you don’t know it, because you are filling them from your mind as you go along.”
When you proofread your own work, you know what you are trying to say, and so your brain tells you that everything you are reading makes sense. In effect you skim over your work. When you pay a proofreader to proofread your work, they pore over every word, correcting your punctuation, spelling, grammar, word choice and referencing as they go. If they cannot understand something they make a note of it, and if they can’t understand something, it is likely that whoever is marking your essay won’t be able to understand it either. Having your work proofread will always improve your grade. If your work is free from mistakes, and the marker can understand what you are saying then your grade will only be limited by the quality of your ideas.
Our team of proofreaders at Proofread My Essay are highly experienced and highly qualified, having studied to a minimum of postgraduate level at some of the UK’s highest regarded universities, with areas of expertise covering a wide range of subjects.
Upload your work today and see the difference our service can provide you, and your grades.