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Some
editors consider the terms proofreading and copyediting
to have the same meaning. Others disagree and find distinctions
between the two. To make it easy to understand, we will group proofreading
and copyediting together to mean the following: |
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Editors
often use terms such as comprehensive, substantive, content,
and developmental to mean the same type of editing. Other
editors disagree and find distinctions between them. In order to
make it easy to understand we will group together comprehensive,
substantive, content, and developmental to mean
this: |
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Check for errors including
- Grammar,
punctuation (periods, semicolons, commas, quotations, etc.),
capitalization, typographical errors, spelling, & abbreviations
- Note
inconsistencies, change words that are unclear, ambiguous,
or potentially offensive
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We examine the written material’s concept and intended use,
organization, design, content, and style. Our intention is to
make the document functional for its readers while retaining the
author’s voice.
Our
work also includes:
- Rephrasing, clarifying meaning, tense
consistency, sentence structure, word choice, word order, subject-verb
agreement
- Removing: inappropriate words/wordiness,
phrases, triteness, ambiguous references, awkward transitions
- Adding: appropriate words, phrases,
transitions
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