For The Love Of Words, LLC
WHAT GETS PROOFED?
CAPITALIZATION
- defendant, plaintiff, counsel, court
- name brand drugs vs. generic
- document names
- exhibit names
- parentheticals
- professional degrees and titles
FORMATTING
- by-lines/resumed colloquy
- spacing
- indexes
- Q & A
- appearances page
CROSS-CHECKS
- exhibit numbers match index page
- exhibit numbering
- attorney and firm names and addresses
- consistency in spellings
- accurate dates
NUMBERS
- numerals (digits) vs. words
- dates and names split into two lines
- percents, measurements
- decimals, fractions
ABBREVIATIONS
- college degrees, certifications
- when to spell out numbers on address
- No., Esq., Jr., Sr., Inc., Ltd., etc.
PUNCTUATION
- polite request
- dependent and independent clauses
- dashes, slashes, commas, periods, semicolons
- hyphenation, open and closed compounds
- plurals, possessives
- interruptions
- quotations, quotes within quotes
WORD USE
- commonly misused words (ensure/insure, sometime/some time
- commonly misspelled words (adjustor for adjuster, prima fascia for prima facie, etc.)
- skipped or swapped words
- double/repeated words
SPELLING
- names, locations
- terminology, jargon
- difficult or obscure words
- general spell-check
Ruth Dean
625 E Freeport Road
Morristown IN 46161
P: 317.550.8805
E: [email protected]
E: [email protected]