Question

You are about to proofread your essay before turning it in. Which of the following strategies should you use to maximize your effectiveness?
Use only red pen for marking your mistakes.



Remember to look for mistakes you have made in the past.



Remember that, many times, teachers let small mistakes go.



Proofread backward, beginning from the end of the essay.



Look mostly at the introduction and conclusion.

Answer 1

A. Use only a red pen for marking your mistakes and B, Remeber the mistakes you made in the past.

Answer 2

The correct answers are “Remember to look for mistakes you have made in the past”, “Proofread backward, beginning from the end of the essay”, and “Use only red pen for marking your mistakes”. When proofreading a text, one has to read something written or printed and mark any mistakes so that they can be corrected. In that sense, to look for mistakes one has made in the past is a very good practice that will be useful to easily detect mistakes in the text. Another good practice is to proofread the text in a different way than the usual one, that is, by starting from the end of the text. By doing so, one will avoid making mistakes one has made before in the text. Moreover, to use a red pen for marking those mistakes is useful to highlight the mistakes and, then avoid them in the final draft or version.