How to convince a research supervisor to proofread the paper? I have written a paper, conceptualized, executed and written by me. I have sent it to my supervisor for proof reading and it has been more than a month, he has been sitting on it, without any comments or any progress. It is the first paper I have written and do not have much experience of sending it. I have been calling my supervisor but he ignores the call. He even sees the messages and does not reply. 

He is very polite in nature, though it is very hard to get things done from him.

What are the methods you have been using to get things done, by your supervisor.
I think you can send him a small piece of work at a time, such as the introduction. 

Try to utilise his/her time for the most important part of the work. For the introduction, you can ask him/her to proofread your contributions paragraph.