First, use a good spelling and grammar software program to catchthe basic errors. Edit those to the correct forms. Next. readthrough the essay backwards - start at the end and read every wordbackwards to the beginning. That will help you to see errors thatyour spelling program might not have caught, like using "your"instead of "you're" or "two" instead of "to." Finally, read theessay out loud and make sure it sounds like proper English. Withthese three tricks, you'll catch almost every error in youressay!