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Editing

Editing. (Examples taken from Diana Hacker’s “A Pocket Style Manual.”). Global Revisions to Watch For. Focus Organization Content Style Citation. Focus. Is the thesis clear? Does the author drift off topic?. Organization. Are ideas presented in an intuitive order?

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Editing

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  1. Editing (Examples taken from Diana Hacker’s “A Pocket Style Manual.”)

  2. Global Revisions to Watch For • Focus • Organization • Content • Style • Citation

  3. Focus • Is the thesis clear? • Does the author drift off topic?

  4. Organization • Are ideas presented in an intuitive order? • Is each idea clearly recognizable? • Would headings be useful?

  5. Content • Are ideas properly developed? • Does the author's outside support make his/her case? • Are any important points missing?

  6. Style • Is the voice appropriate to the material? • To the intended audience? • Is the writing clear? • Is the writing engaging?

  7. Citation • Are all quotations accurate to the word? • Do they require brackets or ellipses? • Are all quotations cited? • Has all source material been cited? • (If not common knowledge.)

  8. Revision notation: Abbreviations Are all abbreviations clear and consistent? • Circle and mark: abbr • Example: "... from Dec. 10th through January 15th..."

  9. Agreement • Is there proper agreement between subject/verb, pronoun/reference, and so on? • Circle each and mark: agr Example: "The slaughter of pandas for their pelts have caused the panda population to decline drastically."

  10. Example with and: Jill's natural ability and her desire to help others has led to a career in the ministry.

  11. Examples with or: "If a relative or a neighbor are abusing a child, notify the police." "Neither the lab assistant nor the students was able to download the program."

  12. Note: Singular terms can appear plural: • Titles: Three Sisters, Lost Cities, Dogs of War – Singular • Company Names: United Parcel Services, Gallo Brothers - Singular

  13. Run-on sentences • Circle and mark: run-on Example: Wrong: "Gestures are a means of communication for everyone they are essential for the hearing-impaired."

  14. Right: Add a comma and a conjunction. “Gestures are a means of communication for everyone, but they are essential for the hearing-impaired.” Right: Add a semicolon. “Gestures are a means of communication for everyone; they are essential for the hearing-impaired.”

  15. Right: Restructure the sentence. “Although gestures are a means of communication for everyone, they are essential for the hearing-impaired.” Right: Make the clauses two separate sentences. “Gestures are a means of communication for everyone. They are essential for the hearing-impaired.”

  16. Capital/lower case letters • Where a letter should be capitalized, circle and mark: cp • Where a letter should be lower case, circle and mark: lc

  17. Sentence fragments • Circle and mark: frag. • Example: • “Patricia arrived on the island of Malta. Where she was to spend the summer restoring frescoes.”

  18. Example: • “It has been said that there are only three indigenous American art forms. Jazz, musical comedy, and soap operas.”

  19. Italics / Underlining • Circle and mark: ital. • Italicize typed material. Underline handwritten material. • Italicize titles of books, films, magazines, artwork, and so on. Time magazine. Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash. • Italicize names of ships, trains, aircraft, and spacecraft.

  20. Foreign words: per diem, habeas corpus, laissez-faire. • Words as words: • “His maybe clearly meant no.” • “She had difficulty pronouncing the letter s.” • Do not italicize merely for emphasis.

  21. Numbers • Circle and mark: num • Spell out numbers of one or two words. • Use figures for numbers of more than two words • Incorrect: “In a nineteen-eighty-six bank robbery, 5 men led the police on a one hundred and fifteen mile car chase.”

  22. Exceptions? Plenty. • Dates: July 4, 1776, 209 BC • Addresses: 131 High Street, 519 West 42nd Street • Percentages: 55 percent (or 55%) • Fractions, decimals: ⅛, .05 • Statistics: Average age of 12 • Surveys: 4 out of 5 • Exact amounts of money: $23 • Divisions of books: Volume 3, Chapter 4 • Identification numbers: Room 15, Sample 2, Seat 9 • Time of day: 4:00 P.M.

  23. Passive Voice • Circle and mark: pass

  24. Spelling Errors • Circle and mark: sp • Beware the incorrect homonym: • “I’ve never been their.” • “I want too go too to different lakes, but their two far apart.”

  25. Inappropriate word choice • Circle and mark: appr • Examples: • chairman vs. chairperson (or chair) • fireman vs. fire fighter • postman vs. postal carrier

  26. Bad: “All executives’ wives are invited to the picnic.” • Good: “All executives’ spouses are invited to the picnic.” • Also good: “All executives’ partners are invited to the picnic.” • Note: changes content from original statement. • Best (if possible): “All executives are invited to bring a guest.” • An even more significant content change.

  27. He, she, he or she, he/she… • Be gender neutral when appropriate. • You may not use “they” to reference a singular subject.

  28. Awkward • Catch-all term for anything that’s unclear or hard to follow. • Circle/underline and mark: awk

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