Have another person look over your letter and resume — when you stare at it for so long yourself, it's easy to
miss small errors like that... but editors won't.
Once someone has already read your manuscript, they are more tuned into what you were trying to say, and more likely to
miss smaller errors that a fresh set of eyes would catch.
Typos and Mistakes: It can be easy to
miss a small error such as inconsistent tense or missing letter.
Not exact matches
A few
small errors cost London 2012 bronze medallist Sam Oldham as he
missed out on finals on the parallel bars and high bar while former junior European Champion Frank Baines was back in action and performed strong on the parallel bars, floor and pommel.
A proofreader only looks for things like inconsistencies in the formatting and other
small errors which may have crept in during the production process or
missed during copyediting.
It is intended to catch any
small errors that may have been
missed during copyediting, or introduced during typesetting.
We opted to order a second proof too, and still managed to find a
small amount of
errors we had
missed.
Missing pieces and
small errors can pose difficulties when models of sub-systems such as the ocean and the atmosphere are coupled.
Measured early or late, and you
miss min, but if you measure it the next day at the same time, you're going to get the same
error, and the difference between the two methods will be very
small.
Human
error can have tremendous consequences, especially in a legal environment where one
small error can result in
missed deadlines and malpractice concerns.
Recruiters can often forgive
small errors like a
missing period or an extra space.
It's smart to even have more than one person proof read your resume, as
small errors are easy to
miss but can certainly make a poor impression.