#and punctuation mistakes. and extra spaces. and missing letters. and SPELLING MISTAKES

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Reasons Behind Address Validation Error or Invalid Address

Address validation is a crucial process that ensures addresses entered into databases are accurate and deliverable. It involves verifying that an address conforms to recognized formatting standards and exists in official databases, such as those maintained by postal services like USPS. However, errors often occur during this process, leading to what is commonly referred to as an “invalid address” result. Understanding the reasons behind address validation errors is essential for businesses and individuals to improve their data quality, ensure efficient mail delivery, and reduce mailing costs. In this article, we will explore the various causes behind address validation errors and how to mitigate them.

1. Incomplete Information

One of the most common reasons for address validation errors is incomplete address information. Addresses typically consist of several components, including street number, street name, city, state, and ZIP code. If any of these components are missing or improperly entered, the address validation system may be unable to verify the address accurately. For instance, omitting a ZIP code or using only a partial street name can prevent the system from recognizing the address, resulting in an error.

Solution: Ensure that all necessary address fields are filled out completely and accurately. Double-check for missing house numbers, street names, or ZIP codes before submitting addresses for validation.

2. Spelling and Typographical Errors

Misspellings, typos, and formatting errors can cause an address validation failure. Common mistakes like misspelled street names, incorrect city names, or transposed letters and numbers can prevent the validation system from matching the address with its database. Even minor typographical errors, such as an extra space or misplaced punctuation, can cause issues.

Solution: Encourage users to review their address entries carefully before submission. Implement input validation features in forms to flag potential spelling errors, incorrect formats, or missing elements.

3. Unrecognized or New Addresses

Newly constructed properties, recently developed neighborhoods, or buildings that have not yet been added to postal databases may lead to address validation errors. Postal services and address validation providers regularly update their databases, but there may be a lag in recognizing newly created addresses.

Solution: If you know the address is new, verify with the local postal service or update the address in official records. In cases where an address is valid but unrecognized due to database updates, manually verifying it with local authorities may be necessary.

4. Incorrect or Inconsistent Formatting

Different countries and regions have varying address formats. When formatting rules are not followed correctly, address validation systems may have trouble interpreting the address. For example, a street address in the U.S. may differ significantly in structure from one in Japan or the UK. If the formatting conventions for the intended country are not observed, the validation will fail.

Solution: Pay close attention to the address format required for the country or region in question. Utilize international address validation tools that can recognize and accommodate different global address formats.

5. P.O. Boxes and Rural Routes

P.O. Boxes and rural routes present a unique challenge for address validation. Some address validation systems are configured to handle only physical street addresses, leading to invalidation of P.O. Box addresses or those from remote rural areas. Similarly, certain delivery services do not deliver to P.O. Boxes, which can also contribute to validation errors.

Solution: Use address validation services that support P.O. Box validation and rural routes. Be aware of postal regulations in different regions to ensure that the address type matches the mailing service.

6. Non-Standardized Address Data

Addresses that do not conform to postal service standards or are entered in a non-standardized format can cause validation errors. Non-standardized data might include unnecessary abbreviations, slang, or missing components, all of which can make an address invalid for mailing purposes. For instance, abbreviating "Street" to "St" or using colloquial neighborhood names instead of official names can cause problems.

Solution: Implement data standardization protocols and train staff or users on proper address entry. Address verification tools often include standardization features that reformat addresses to match official guidelines.

7. Duplicate Addresses

Duplicate addresses occur when multiple entries in a database share the same or nearly identical address details. This duplication can confuse address validation systems, especially if the duplicates vary slightly due to formatting or spelling inconsistencies. Address databases should be free of duplicates to ensure smooth validation.

Solution: Perform regular data deduplication and cleansing to ensure that addresses are not entered multiple times. Address validation software can help by flagging duplicate entries for review.

8. Temporary Changes to Address

Temporary changes to addresses, such as construction-related street closures or rerouted mail delivery, can occasionally result in address validation failures. This can occur when official databases have not yet updated their records to reflect temporary changes.

Solution: Monitor temporary changes by checking with local postal authorities or use address validation services that are frequently updated to reflect such changes.

Conclusion

Address validation errors can be frustrating, but most of the time, they result from avoidable issues like incomplete information, typographical errors, or inconsistent formatting. By paying close attention to the quality and accuracy of address data, implementing validation best practices, and using reliable address validation tools, businesses and individuals can reduce the occurrence of invalid addresses. Maintaining accurate address data not only ensures smoother operations and delivery but also saves time and resources in the long run.

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Oh! My writing is a train wreck and that's okay.

I was in my early 30s when I was diagnosed as Autistic. It included a lot of related side nonsense ie ADHD, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, balance problems, vision woes, etc. Perhaps the most surprising was my dysgraphia. I love writing stories. I hate writing by hand. I hate it a lot less now that I have invested in quality fountain pens. A lot of people told me I wouldn't ever be a writer because I was terrible at it. Thankfully, I had an amazing English Teacher in middle school who believed in me. Her encouragement is why I am a writer. No matter how often I fucked up, which was a lot, she didn't give up on me. She saw that I had amazing stories that I wanted to share. I write with the knowledge it will be bad. That my grammar, spelling, structure, will suck. The technical aspect of the story building is usually solid! But not the nitty-gritty details like punctuation and spelling. Just because you write badly doesn't mean you suck. It doesn't mean you should stop writing. Nor should you be afraid to share what you write. Keep going! Don't give up on writing. I promise it'll be okay. There are ways to help make it easier. Like the free editing software Grammarly. Holy shit, I love Grammarly. All of the sucky mistakes my dysgraphia does can be fixed with a few quick clicks. Fountain pens help make the rare occasion I have to fill out paperwork by hand not painful. I'm a published author. I proved the shitty people wrong. I proved my amazing middle school teacher right. It's taken me a long time to come to terms with my learning disabilities. I can be suck at something and that's okay. I'm good enough as I am. As are you. Listed below are some symptons of Dysgraphia for the curious.

I copy and pasted this from this website: https://www.dysgraphia.life/symptoms Common Signs and Symptoms of Dysgraphia

Dysgraphia can present in many ways. Here are some signs and symptoms.

Handwriting and Fine Motor:​ Avoids writing and drawing Trouble forming letters Messy handwriting Trouble keeping words on a line or within margins Does not use spacing correctly Difficulty with capitals and punctuation Awkward pencil grip Difficulties with shoe-tying and fine motor skills Complains about pain in hands when writing

Word Formation and Spelling:​ Not spelling at grade-level Unfinished words and missing letters Does not spell words correctly even after being told multiple times Inconsistent spelling of the same words Difficulty copying text (from other paper or blackboard) Has trouble following spelling rules

Composition and Expression:​ Avoids all written assignments/tasks Has trouble organizing thoughts to get them on paper -- often can tell someone this information out loud but can't write it down Missing words in sentences Needs extra time to complete writing assignments Difficulty editing own work, needs help proofreading

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Editing Advice Part 4: Copyediting

Now that you have checked your WIP for continuity, addressed every plot hole, and finished all rewrites, it's time to put on the final touches by copyediting!

Now, just to be clear, the term "copyediting" usually refers to when an editor, not the writer, reads the manuscript looking for errors, and it actually does include a lot of continuity editing and fact checking. But this series is for writers editing their own work before another soul reads it (regardless of if the work will then be self-published or sent out to agents and editors). It is my belief that, for a writer, continuity editing should come long before the final stage of the editing process. Thus, for our purposes, I'm going to use "copyediting" to refer to correcting errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, and other such things.

Obviously, this involves going through your manuscript with a fine-toothed comb, on the lookout for misspellings and typos. However, there are a few items to especially  watch for, roughly broken down into the categories of spelling; grammar, usage, and style; and punctuation, spacing, and everything else.

Spelling

Spelling of made-up or unusual words: If you write fantasy or sci-fi, odds are you're using at least a few words that don't exist in the regular lexicon. Make sure you use consistent spelling for these. This is especially true for different forms of said words. For example, I chose to spell "Lesse" in Lesse's Moor with and "e" at the end, which is easy to remember. Yet, when spelling the adjectival form of that word, I used either an "e" or "a": Lesserian and Lessarian. I had to choose one to use throughout. This goes for non-made-up words as well. "Empyreal" of the Empyreal Palace is a real word (it means celestial), but it's not like I've known how to spell it from my youth, so I still had to double check it every time I came across it to make sure it was spelled correctly.

British vs American spelling: If you spend a lot of time reading books from across the pond, you might have picked up some foreign spellings. As a child, I would always spell "gray" as "grey", because I liked it better, and to this day, that spelling sneaks into my writing from time to time. There are many such words in the English language that you should watch out for.

Hyphens: Make sure that you know which words are hyphenated, and that they are always hyphenated in your manuscript. Pay attention to height and ages: "six-foot tall",  "four-year-old" and so on. Keep consistent for made-up words as well. Will you use "mechano-magical" or "mechanomagical"? Whichever you choose, you have to use that spelling every time.

Homophones and similar words: You might think that this is dumb to mention, since you, of course, know the difference between all the homophones in the world, but that's irrelevant. I know the difference too, yet I mix them up all the time in my writing. Some people picture the spellings of words even as they speak, and I am not one of them. I know the difference between "their", "they're", and "there" like the back of my hand; I still write the wrong one about a third of the time. Why? Because when I write, I'm picturing how the words sound and, moreover, how the scene looks, not how the text will appear on the page. That's what copyediting is for. You can Google lists of commonly misspelled or mixed-up words, or write down your own list if you have certain words you personally get confused.

Grammar, Usage and Style

Subject-verb agreement: By the time you're at this stage of editing, your manuscript is likely a Frankenstein's monster of sewn-together old drafts, and that tends to lead to some weird grammar. Make sure your subjects and verbs agree. That means that if the subject is plural—they, policemen, the dragons, or whatever—the verb has to be one you use on plurals—were, know, have eaten. If the subject is singular—he, a policeman, the dragon—the verbs similarly have to match—was, knows, has eaten. If you're not too keen on grammar, read it out loud and see if it sounds right; even if you don't know all the proper grammatical phraseology, you know English and you'll be able to pick up on errors that you hear.

Writing out numbers or not: Generally speaking, for narrative prose, you should write out the numbers zero through one hundred. For larger numbers, 101 to infinity, you can use numerals, but some guides suggest that numbers ending in two or more zeros should also be written out: two hundred, five million, etc. But I think you can get away with writing out larger numbers as well, like three hundred seventy-three; it looks nicer to me. Whatever you choose to do with larger numbers, stay consistent. Special numbers like years and addresses, however, should be written in numerals: 221 B. Baker Street, 1984, etc.

Capitalization of titles of people: Obviously, if the the title comes right before the persons name, and is thus part of their name, it's capitalized: Queen Delilah, Doctor Mario, Professor Moriarty, President Coolidge. But what about when the title is by itself? Well, it depends on how you're using it. If the title is used to address the person, it's capitalized: "You saved his life, Doctor!" or "Well, Professor, it looks like your theory was wrong." Obviously special title have special addresses which are obviously capitalized: Your Majesty, Mr. President, etc. If, on the other hand, you are talking about the person, or the office in general, it's not (usually) capitalized: "The professor is getting on my nerves!", "That doctor is a quack", "The president has to be an American citizen". However, for certain fancier offices, if you are talking about a particular holder of that office, you do capitalize it. Now, I found a few competing sources on this, but from what I could figure, the only titles that work this way are Pope, King, Queen. Again, you have to be referring to a very specific person to do this: "The Queen has been slain!" "The Pope blessed the travelers". Some sources also said this could be done for the president's of countries, but other said not to, so... I guess pick which way you'll do it an stay consistent.

Punctuation, Spacing, and Everything Else

Extra spaces: Get rid of 'em. This included two spaces after a period (for us old people who learned that that was the correct way to type!) as well as space at the end of paragraphs, between two words, and so on.

Missing punctuation: Don't forget commas after opening phrases like "Well, you see..." or "Of course, I'd never say that," or when separating a name when being addressed: "Are you ok, Constance?". Double check that every paragraph has a period or closing quotation marks; somehow, these seem to disappear on me and I've never figured out why.

Smart quotes, … vs ..., and m-dashes: This is almost getting into formatting territory, but I'm going to include it here anyway. Depending on what word processor you use to write your WIP, there might be some differences in how certain characters are automatically formatted. For example, some programs will turn quotation marks ( " " ) into smart quotes, i.e., one that wrap toward the text and have different opening and closing characters ( “ ” ). Something similar happens to ellipses, which may be typed as three periods (...) but turned into a single character (…). Finally, there is the m-dash, that long dash used in a way similar to a colon. When you type it by itself, it typically looks like two dashes (--), but if you type a letter, then two dashes, then another letter with no spaces between, it turns into a single character (—). I'm in favor of all of these automatic changes, as they look nicer, but depending on where you typed what part of my WIP, they don't always happen. It's a good idea to go though your manuscript and add them in, or set your word processor to change them automatically.

Personal foibles: Finally, know thyself. Are there weird mistakes that you always tend to make? I myself tend not to use question marks (they are a silly punctuation mark and ought not exist!). I have to be careful to check that all of my questions are, in fact, marked as such. Maybe you tend to spell one particular word incorrectly, or are really bad at using commas. Know your weaknesses and make an effort to fix them while writing and catch them while editing.

Tips to Make Life a Little Easier

The greatest tip I can give you is to embrace your Find and Find/Change or Find/Replace functions of your word processor. You'll find these in your edit menu.

Find should be used to check homophones and commonly misspelled words. When editing, I'll Find the word "its" and go through my entire document to check each instance of this word to make sure it should not be "it's". then, I do the reverse, searching every instance of "it's" to make sure it should not be "its". I do this for each of the words that I, personally, confuse. Know thyself; if you never confuse "it's" with "its", don't bother checking it, but if you know that you often confuse "principal" and "principle", use the Find function. You can also use this to Find quotation marks and replace them with smart quotes if your word processor doesn't have the option to replace all quotation marks with smart ones at once.

And then there is my favorite, Find/Change. This should also be found in your edit menu, sometimes with the "Find..." feature and sometimes as a separate "Replace..." option. What Find/Change allows you to do is enter in some word, like, say, "Lessarian" and replace every instance of it with a new word, like "Lesserian". I use this to do a quick fix of made-up words and British to American spellings. I also use this if I have changed character and place names, so that I can replace every instance of, say, "Robert" with "Brother Roberto". It's also useful for catching double spaces, as you can Find "  " (two spaces) and Replace them with " " (one space). You can also replace two dashes with an m-dash or the three-character ellipsis with a single character ellipsis.

And with that, you'll have a sparkly new manuscript, ready for the eyes of agents, publishers, or—should you go the self-published route—your readers. Speaking of which, you self-pub peeps out there might need a bit of advice on formatting and proofreading. I just so happen to have some such advice! But it will take some doing (mostly in the form of screen shots), so that post will have to wait for a while. In the meantime, get to work polishing that manuscript! If you come across some weird editing issue and need particular advice, my email, Facebook messenger, and Tumblr asks and messenger are always open. Happy editing!

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Top-Notch Social Science Paper Proofreading and How to Get It Done

Social science paper proofreading is an intimidating process. Writers understand how important the editing and proofreading process is.  That is why authors of academic papers seek help from the best online proofreading services to remove mistakes and submit a flawless paper. They can also check on the tone, voice and style in your paper.

Peculiarities of Social Science Papers Proofreading

These papers are published in social sciences journals and publications. They are devoted, in most cases, to quantitative social science methodology and research. They can also feature articles, which are illustrating methods, which are empirically testing theories.  These characteristics and more make it a unique paper for proofreading, which investigator should spend much time and effort on the best results.

Tips:

Take care with your introduction in social science paper editing: In your introduction, you need to attract and entice your readers. With that in mind, pay attention to how you use words and ensure your sentences do not contain any mistakes.

Make sure your text has a spine: A spine is something that unifies your paragraphs. It helps you to decide on what to include and exclude. Without it, your paper becomes a random collection of storylines and research or interviews formats.

Cut out parts that are not working: In a social science journal proofreading, you need to cut out parts that are irrelevant. Do not force ideas or phrases in your writing when they do not fit the thought or the argument.

Determine whether the text has a consistent tone: In a social science research paper proofreading, you need to read your paper many times, but do not also forget that you need to determine whether your text has a consistent tone or none. Your readers will be confused when you combine a serious tone with a comedic tone.

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Expert Advice to Do a Final Check of Your Social Science Paper

Tips from Kathy Henning: 

Minimize interruptions and distractions: It is easy to skip text when you are distracted or interrupted. To avoid distractions, you need to turn off your cell phone and close your email. You need to shut yourself in a quiet place or room.

Do not be the sole proofreader: You cannot see mistakes when you are tired, so you might be better off asking the help of your friend, sibling or parent to read your work.

Proofread slowly: In editing and proofreading, you must include checking grammar for revision. If you are ready to proofread, you need to read your work slowly. Focus on every character and word-letters, spaces, special characters, punctuation- not on the meaning.

Do not find all mistakes in one reading: You need to read your paper several times. You need to look for different problems every time you proofread. It includes checking misspellings and typos, inconsistencies, missing words, factual errors and formatting problems.

Tips from Gabrielle Van Welie:

Hidden grammar and spelling mistakes: Word processors can miss language nuances, but you can catch blunders easily when you actively look for them. In proofreading, be it a paper with interview formats, you need to read it aloud and backward.

Unintended repetition: Repetitive adverbs, adjectives as well as verbs are overlooked grammar areas for students. When you proofread, do your best to check for repetition and eliminate them.

Generic lines: They contain buzzwords. The problem with it is that they are no longer genuine and do not much to say. Removing them does not reduce your writing quality, but it makes your finished text more concise and clear.

Run-on arguments: When you proofread, you need to double check your paper if it contains run-on arguments.

Carry out spot checks: Proofreading needs intense attention and because of this, you need to perform a sports check. You need to give yourself extra time to read every word of your text as well as to spot things to be aware of what the mistakes you committed are.

Read aloud – You need to read your paper aloud to detect flaws in your writing. Many people agree on this step because they easily find errors by hearing out what they have written.

Do not submit your paper without proofreading. If you submit a paper that contains many mistakes, then readers will not be impressed of it. When you proofread, you need to read your paper by word and proofread with fresh mind and eyes to make sure you spot all grammar, spelling and punctuation errors. Finally, start proofreading as early as possible so that you have more time editing your paper, and you have the chance to better your social science paper.

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