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homejob
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New to Constant content

Post by homejob »

Hi Everyone,
My name is Homejob, i am new to Constant content and i have come with lot of hope in my heart. I have one question, will your accept an article corrected
in spellcheackplus.com? .
Kindly advice.

Regards
homejob
Zabrina
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Joined: Thu May 14, 2009 1:22 pm
Location: Canada

Re: New to Constant content

Post by Zabrina »

Welcome to CC!

I have some initial concerns -- if your articles have similar grammar and spelling to your post, you might need to review a little English before submitting them. Personally, I always find this lesson useful when I need to review concepts. (For example, you didn't capitalize the word "I" a few times, used "your" instead of "you", used the double punctuation "? ." instead of simply "?", and used "advice" instead of "advise". This tells me that you're close, but not quite. Take it as constructive criticism and always strive to improve your writing. I'm still trying to improve my own English, too! :) )

Spelling and grammar checkers like that one can only catch so many mistakes. Often, they won't catch mistakes like "its" versus "it's", "there", "they're" and "their", or simple mistakes where you use one word instead of another. For example, if I said "seed" instead of "said", it might not catch that because it's still spelled right -- just the wrong word!

I always recommend checking an article with a checker, but you also have to proofread yourself and catch any mistakes that a computer simply can't. :)
homejob
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Joined: Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:28 pm

Re: New to Constant content

Post by homejob »

Hi,
Thank you for the advise.I shall keep it in my mind.My first article is rejected.What is your advise.

Regards
homejob
Zabrina
Posts: 107
Joined: Thu May 14, 2009 1:22 pm
Location: Canada

Re: New to Constant content

Post by Zabrina »

What I usually do is set the article aside for a few days, then review the reason for rejection carefully, and then reread the article with that in mind. It can be hard to learn to proofread your own work, but practice will help you! :)

In the meantime, you might want to consider reviewing grammar and spelling with a lesson like the one I linked to, found here: http://www.suite101.com/lesson.cfm/17267/504 This can help you improve your writing in general in preparation for reviewing your article. :)
homejob
Posts: 3
Joined: Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:28 pm

Re: New to Constant content

Post by homejob »

Hi,
Thank you. I shall follw your advise.

With Regards

homejob
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