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Originally Posted by susie123
Well I did editing and proofreading for five years, I could spend all my time on here doing amends, but there comes a time when you just can't be a$$ed and you know it probably wouldn't be appreciated anyway.
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I think I would love a job like that.
When I was studying, other students used to pay me to proof-read their essays-it became an 'unofficial' part of my job at my old place of work too.
It concerns me more when I see errors like that in a medium such as a newspaper though-surely the people paid to write public announcements should be more thorough?
I used to point out errors all the time on forums, social networking sites, blogs etc ,but you're right-it isn't appreciated and it gets on people's nerves.
I kept reminding myself that I'm mediocre at things other people aren't good at-would I like it if my inability to do certain things was pointed out constantly?Probably not!
