Who Can Be A Freelance Editor Or Proofreader?

Anyone can be a Freelance Editor or Proofreader.That is,anyone with a good grasp of the English language,or native language if you want to edit non-US documents.Do you cringe at typos and grammatical errors in newspapers,magazine articles,Internet articles and web sites?Do you find yourself correcting the errors as you read along? Then being a freelance editor or proofreader might be the home-based business for you. It’s true that many freelance editors have college degrees with an English Major. Or at the very least, they’ve taken a good number of English classes.

However,having a degree is not a requirement for being a freelance editor.The only real requirement is a good,no a great,grasp of the English language.There are many successful freelance editors today,who have taken some classes,but have no degree.Those editors have a great grasp of the language.Be careful though.There are many confusing properties of the English language.There are many different parts to a sentence,a paragraph,and an entire paper.It’s important to know about spelling and capitalization;but it’s just as important to know when to use a comma versus a semi-colon,

What exactly a dangling modifier is.If you think that just because you use a program that checks spelling and grammar, you’re all set, you’re dead wrong.These programs are limited in their capabilities.They can’t check a writer’s intonation,intended purpose,or desired outcome.These programs often check to ensure a word is spelled correctly,but can’t determine


If it is the proper word to use in a statement.For instance,the sentence below was marked as correct using a spelling/grammar-checking program:Incorrect:The birds were in each of there nests.Correct: The birds were in each of their nests. You can probably see the error,but these so-called “expert” programs cannot.And if you can’t see the difference, then walk, no run to the nearest door! Seriously though,I read an article awhile back that proposed only using programs with spelling/grammar checkers. Click Here for rest

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