A humorous look at how easy it is to make typos and overlook them when we check our work. This presentation was delivered at the Writers and Bloggers About Spain (WABAS) conference in Valladolid in November 2016.

1. The impotence of proofreading
Russ Pearce, WABAS 2016
(Is proofreading one word or two?)

2. The impotence of proofreading
THERE ARE MITSAKES ON EVERY SLIDE.
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN INTENTIONALlY
CHANGED SO THAT THEY ARE WRONG.
CAN YOU SPOT THEM ALL?

3. The impotence of proofreading
A sop to the Quirky people here – a haiku!
CHECK YUOR WORK TODAY
PROOFREADING, HIP, HIP, HOORAY!
TYPOS GO AWAY.

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6. The impotence of proofreading
In The Wall Street Journal, Sue Shellenbarger observes:
"Managers are fighting an epidemic of grammar gaffes in the
workplace. Many of them attribute slipping skills to the
informality of email, texting and Twitter, where slang and
shortcuts are common. Such loseness with language can create
bad impressions with clients, ruin marketing materials and cause
communications errors, many managers say."

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Kyle Wiens is the CEO if iFixIt. He says:
If you think an apostroph was one of the 12 disciples of Jesus, you will never work for me.
First impressions matter!

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"Good grammar is credibility, especially on the Internet. In blog
posts, on Facebook statusses, in e-mails, and on company
websites, your words are all you have. They are a projection of
you in your physical absence. For better or worse, people judge
you, especially if you can't tell the difference between their,
there, and they're."

9. The impotence of proofreading
The BBC recently reported that:
"You get about six seconds to capture the attention on a website.“
and
“poor spelling is costing the UK millions of pounds in lost revenue for internet businesses.”

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LETS WATCH A SHORT VIDEO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=-c03YCBo3z8

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HOW CAN WE AVOID THIS.

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HOW CAN WE AVOID THIS?
1. CHECK YOU WORK
CAREFULLY. TAKE AN BREAK
BEFORE READING IT AGAIN.

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HOW CAN WE AVOID THIS?
USE A TOOL LIKE MICROSOFT
WORD, BUT IT IS FAR FROM
INFLATABLE.

14. The importance of proofreading
HOW CAN WE AVOID THIS?
PAY SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT!
(TRISH PROOFREAD THIS SLIDE!)
If you are looking for someone to run their eye over your blog or website and find you mistakes,
you can contact trish@rt-english.com