Proofo reading

Proof reading is very important. It shows the reader the author knows what he is talking about. The short video we watched the man showed a lot of examples of proof reading errors. Most of the errors that were given as examples were mostly words that were spelled correctly, but it was the wrong word all together. The man made a point that we need to check our papers ourselves and we should be responsible about it. He said he got spell checker once and he thought he was okay because he got all the underlined words fixed, and he did not have to read the paper again. He was wrong. When he turned in the paper, the teacher made him come up to the front of the class and present it. There was a lot of immature mistakes in the paper, but he had to read them. The guy learned that he must check his own work. He said this was all his fault because the computer does not know what he wants to say. The computer just guesses and hopes it is right. It is the persons job to check the paper themselves to make sure the words are correct. I do not usually check my own work. I usually just spell check it, then i turn it in. He makes a good point to check the work because we never know what words the computer might put in. The guy on the video was very immature. He thought it necessary to use innaoproite words to get his topic across. I understand he was probably preaching to a college level class, but it is still immature, but it was funny how he did use the words. It would be something that a normal person would do also. I will try to review my papers to check for stupid mistakes. This video was a good example of proof reading and the mistakes that are usually made within writing.