From the course: Editing and Proofreading Made Simple
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Check the content of the message
From the course: Editing and Proofreading Made Simple
Check the content of the message
- Let's talk about the simple, but perhaps most important, aspect of self-editing and proofreading, double-checking the content of your work before submission. To keep things simple, we'll discuss this using an email as our example. But this applies to all formats of business communication, memos, notes, texts, and more. When you're asking for or supplying information, take a moment to make sure you are clear and accurate. Before hitting send, consider why you're sending the message. What do you need? Do you need a piece of information, or do you have information you need to supply to someone else? For example, I need to know a meeting time. I think it's tomorrow at 10 a.m., but I'm not sure if that's Eastern or Pacific Time. I'll ask Melissa. In my message to her, I'll put exactly what I need up front. We'll discuss some of the ways to maximize email potential, starting with how the subject line directly relates to the information we need. The subject tells her the date and title of…
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