Re: reading backwards

[CCOZZENS@Ness.ScottLAN.Edu]

I use reading backwards as one proofreading technique; it's 
important I think to use several proofreading techniques tog et at different 
kinds of mistakes or omissions.  The backwards reading I learned is 
actually reading from the bottom of the page up;  you cover what's 
on top and read from left to right as you would normally in English, 
but you are reading an isolated line out of context, so you look at 
words individiually instead of sliding along the sense of the sentence, 
which as the writer of it, you know all too well.  Does this make 
sense?  It's an effective technique, particularly for spelling 
and repeated or missing word errors, but it must be carried out in 
conjunction with other methods, and it is most valuable when you are 
proofreading your own work,  

The best way to proofread your own work, of course, is to get someone 
else to do it.


Christine Cozzens at Agnes Scott College, 404-638-6221