====== M05-2: Proofreading guidelines ======

List of simple writing and proofreading criteria on the language and paragraph level. 

Has the author
  * completed the sentences: relates to a finished thought or action
  * used correct punctuation marks 
  * written out all verb forms (can‘t, it‘s, don‘t) 
  * avoided starting sentences with and, but, because, so 
  * used logical discourse markers/linkers 
  * avoided ending sentences with 'too, also, though, yet'
  * avoided the verb 'to get'
  * avoided vagueness, sensationalism, exaggeration (f.ex. a bit, a lot, amazing, incredible, absolute statements)
  * Used articles: the and a 
  * Written paragraphs of an appropriate length, with one idea, and a topic sentence?

===Additional material ===
Here you find three websites that provide information and checklists on proofreading. 
This material helps you when you are proofreading your own writing or somebody else’s.

  * [[https://uwaterloo.ca/writing-and-communication-centre/resources-proofreading-strategies|General strategies on proofreading]]
  * [[http://advice.writing.utoronto.ca/revising/hit-parade-of-errors/|Finding common errors]]