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Copy editor by Ganesh A
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Each and every written work in the academics at the end needs the edge of editing and proofreading to make it worthy of reading and to maintain the quality of it. This need arises at the time of revision to sort out the writing issues and grammatical errors. Academic assignments like PhD thesis and dissertation which are written at the higher level of academics must be checked thoroughly to weed out the mistakes, which is highly essential. In editing, the focus is on: • Content • The entire structure • Paragraphs • Clarity and style • Citations Let’s have a glance over the highlighted points in context to editing. While editing the content, the writer must ensure: Similarly the editing need for the structure and paragraphs should also require certain parameters to assess: • If the structure has the right introduction and conclusion • Whether the statement of thesis is clearly stated or not • How the paragraphs in the structure is aligned with the thesis • Whether the paragraphs are sequenced logically • Paragraph having appropriate topic sentence • If the paragraphs have relevance to the main research idea The editing requirement involving clarity is about: • Definition of important terms to put the reader at ease • Clarity over the meaning of each sentence • Clarity over the pronouns referring to • Usage of proper words When it comes to style which goes through the rudder of editing as: • Usage of appropriate tone in terms of formal, informal, or persuasive • Usage of gendered language • Length and structure of sentences • Usage of passive voice and how often it is used • Whether the write-up contains unnecessary phrases • Repetition of strong words unnecessarily All these things are assessed to maintain the style and standard in academic assignments. Citation section in the PhD dissertation too needs equal importance and it requires assessment through the means of editing. In this case, editing is done: • Whether the citations are made appropriately or not (quotes, paraphrases, etc) • Citations with accurate format or not Therefore, the editing part looks at the pattern of errors and techniques for spotting those to do the necessary correction. Once the thesis or dissertation or any academic assignment is edited, the process of proofreading starts. In proofreading, the highlights are on errors involving: misspellings, grammatical errors, and punctuation. Proof reading is must for the developed content, otherwise it would create a bad impression to the reader and the whole research would not convey the accurate research ideas and purposes. Academic students to deal with the proofreading responsibilities depend on tactics like: spell checkers, grammar checkers, reading slow, circling the punctuation mark, reading the paper backwards, and so on. All these tricks might not yield effective result; hence it requires expert’s expertise to set the tone of content in accurate through the means of editing and proofreading. We have the competent expert copy editors and proofreaders who have the nuance over identifying errors in all the types of academic assignment writing. Their careful attention, sound method of spotting the errors, and the necessary correction is enough to specify the ideas or information in the content to convey convincingly. Consult us for any editing requirements irrespective of your academic discipline or nature of assignment.
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