Ed && Proof

Editing and Proofreading, or Ed and Proof, are what I like to call the tie, and end of the writing process. It's tieing the bow of your paper. You check your writing and words and punucations, etc. All that jazz, to make sure its as perfect as it can be. What to your knowledge is "perfect".

You need to also make sure that your attention is getting acrossed and its readable. That your introduction catches the readers attention, if your sentences are complete and your language is vivid and clear. Don't forget to check if your verbs are correct! I agree with the text in the book when it says, "Proofreading is like checking your apperance in a mirror before going into a job interview...". When you proofread you check everything, and reread everything a couple times. Some helpful hints to proofread correctly would be; read your text out loud, ask someone else to read it, work backwards and read the last sentence first, and make sure you read every sentence and not skip ahead.