219-223 Editing/Proofreading

"Your goal is not to acheive "perfection" so much as to make your writing as effective as possible for your particular purpose and audience." I really like that quote. It is on the first page and I think it was really good to start the chapter. Sometimes when I write papers I am just always thinking of perfect grammar, perfect punctuation, and make it perfect for the audience I am presenting it to. Editing words. I don't like thinking about that. I have to admit, when I use a small word I just click on the right side of the mouse and find that thesaurus tab. I never look up the word in the dictionary. I dont even look it up on line. Sometimes in highschool teachers would write on my paper that the word didnt make sense in the sentence. I need to work on not being lazy and checking my words.