Will You Proofread My Paper?

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As a writing specialist in The Writing and Research Center, this is one of the questions I hear most often. Unfortunately, the question can be hard to answer because students typically have different meanings for their questions. Four common meanings come to mind.

However, before I can attempt to answer the question, I have to ask some questions of my own. Typically, if you come to me for assistance, I will ask…