Mechanics Students often feel so overwhelmed by the errors on their papers that they lose sight of the purpose of writing. To assure that what we write will reach its broadest audience, we need to communicate in the clearest, most error-free language. A paper with mechanical errors is hard to read.
Errors are very distracting, shifting the attention of the reader away from the message.
Therefore, our final step in writing is proofreading for mechanical errors. The second is to read your paper aloud, making corrections as you hear the need. The third is to look systematically for errors that your teachers have repeatedly observed in your papers. For example, if your most recently graded essay had numerous comma splices, look only for comma splices in your first reading. Then, read your paper again for your next most common error, and so on.