Autocorrect: Not so common typos

You already know to look out for the common typos and homophones. Train your eye for the errors on you’re own time. Their everywhere. Often the errors involve the apostrophe; sometimes its a simple typo. Spelling and grammar checkers might alert you, but you should perform the check to. If deadline’s got you on editorial triage, than at least please your client by not missing those common mistakes.

Depending on your project, at-risk words likely have an impostor standing by. You can sharpen your project-specific proofreading by customizing Word. For instance, if you’re working on reports for public entities, save yourself unnecessary embarrassment: Tools/AutoCorrect Options/Replace: pubic/With: public (unless you’re working on docs for a pediatrician).

Be careful with AutoCorrect. The printed world is still in need of a proofreader. You’d do well to keep an eye out for less common typos too. Corrections of the following mishaps mark a triumph for the profession:

calendar | calender
compiled | complied
compliant | complaint
filed | field
form | from
of | if

How ’bout it proofreaders of the world? Expand on that list in comments.