Effective Proofreading
Training
In London
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Type
Training
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Level
Intermediate
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Duration
1 Day
This course is designed to ensure that copy produced by your organisation is accurate, readable and achieves the intended purpose. Effective proofreading requires more than just a keen eye and the
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About this course
course provides knowledge and insight that should significantly improve the quality of copy that your organisation circulates. The content can be applied immediately to your business.
Everyone in your organisation has to ensure that copy-errors are avoided, so this course is suitable for people at all levels, even senior management. The training is particularly relevant to people who are responsible for checking copy as part of their day to day role.
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Subjects
- Proofreading
- Quality of copy
- Tautology
- Recognise
- Avoid clichés
- Comparatives
- Superlatives
- Punctuation
- Economise
- Copy
Course programme
- How to improve the quality of copy.
- Recognise and remove tautology.
- Avoid clichés.
- Use positives, comparatives and superlatives correctly.
- Ensure correct punctuation.
- Economise on copy.
- Read copy to detect errors.
- Understand grammar and the construction of sentences.
- Turn passive copy into active copy.
- Use hyphens, apostrophes and quotation marks correctly.
- Use punctuation for emphasis and ease of reading.
- Avoid circumlocution.
- Identify and remove homophones.
Additional information
Expert trainers - Passionate specialists who keep up to date with the latest trends in their field.
Quality delivery - Trainers are assessed annually on the quality of their delivery and delegate engagement.
Practical training methods - Theory and practical based training to takeback to the office.
Small class sizes - No more than 15 people to ensure you get the most from our trainers.
Wide breadth of topics - Marketers should understand marketing as a whole, not just digital.
3 learning levels - Introductory, Advanced and Masterclass
Effective Proofreading