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Proofreading Basics Certification
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Summary

Price
£25 inc VAT
Study method
Online
Duration
1 hour · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
CPD
1 CPD hours / points
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Certificates
  • Certificate of completion - Free
Additional info
  • Exam(s) / assessment(s) is included in price

Overview

You will Learn:

The importance of proofreading
How to identify common spelling mistakes
How to identify common grammatical mistakes
Why you also need to proofread for punctuation mistakes
Examples of programs that can help you find mistakes

Benefits of Taking this Course

Understanding that not all spelling mistakes are typos
Learning a few examples of frequently misspelled words
Learning when to use certain words in the correct context
Understanding how to find and correct punctuation mistakes
Learning how to use Microsoft Word for proofreading purposes

Certificates

CPD

1 CPD hours / points
Accredited by The CPD Certification Service

Description

Proofreading Basics Certificate
Proofreading is incredibly important, regardless of your job or what you are doing. Whether you are sending a text, writing a work e-mail or drafting a contract, it is crucial that your message comes across as you intended.

While a lot of this depends on your word choice, much if it relies on your ability to properly proofread. Missing spelling or grammatical mistakes can be very embarrassing. In extreme cases, they can also cost you a lot of money in terms of lost clients.

This course gives you the basic information you need to become a more effective proofreader.

It begins by discussing the importance of correct spelling and offers you a few warnings on how to search your documents for incorrect words.

Next, we review a few grammatical rules and give you a few additional examples of common mistakes, as well as providing corrections.

Punctuation mistakes are also explored in detail, with the corrections for common mistakes provided, allowing you to improve your own punctuation.

While the human eye is best, it is possible to proofread a document using Microsoft Word. We provide you with a bit of guidance to make this task much easier.

Finally, we review a few other proofreading tools that people often recommend, and we make our own suggestion as to which method is best.

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Study method describes the format in which the course will be delivered. At Reed Courses, courses are delivered in a number of ways, including online courses, where the course content can be accessed online remotely, and classroom courses, where courses are delivered in person at a classroom venue.

CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development. If you work in certain professions or for certain companies, your employer may require you to complete a number of CPD hours or points, per year. You can find a range of CPD courses on Reed Courses, many of which can be completed online.

A regulated qualification is delivered by a learning institution which is regulated by a government body. In England, the government body which regulates courses is Ofqual. Ofqual regulated qualifications sit on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), which can help students understand how different qualifications in different fields compare to each other. The framework also helps students to understand what qualifications they need to progress towards a higher learning goal, such as a university degree or equivalent higher education award.

An endorsed course is a skills based course which has been checked over and approved by an independent awarding body. Endorsed courses are not regulated so do not result in a qualification - however, the student can usually purchase a certificate showing the awarding body's logo if they wish. Certain awarding bodies - such as Quality Licence Scheme and TQUK - have developed endorsement schemes as a way to help students select the best skills based courses for them.
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