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Revision and Proofreading

Revision and Proofreading. A look at some of their features http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT2fDWFCoE0. Proofreading. You can learn quite a bit about proofreading from this page on Purdue University ’ s website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_edit.html

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Revision and Proofreading

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  1. Revision and Proofreading A look at some of their features http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT2fDWFCoE0

  2. Proofreading • You can learn quite a bit about proofreading from this page on Purdue University’s website: • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_edit.html • These remarks from Virginia Tech echo much of what you find in the previous URL: • http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/proofing.html

  3. Proofreading, cont. • Slow, careful proofreading can help you catch errors because of carelessness: e.g., “Comment on there effectiveness.” • Change “there” to “their.” • With assistance from a friend or reference tool, it can help you catch errors because of mishearing: e.g., “The sport is infested with pre-madonna athletes.” • Change “pre-madonna” to “prima donna.”

  4. Proofreading, cont. • And if you don’t have enough of your own proofreading to fill up a day, you can volunteer your services here: • http://www.pgdp.net/c/ • But be careful out there: • http://www.contractedwork.com/profile.cfm?portfolioid=10978

  5. Revision • Revision is different from proofreading in that it involves a deeper re-seeing than does proofreading. Revision focuses on what scholars call “global” concerns. The Purdue OWL offers some helpful clarification: • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/561/05/

  6. Revision, cont. • What may or may not be clear yet is that revision is related to but significantly different from proofreading, which focuses on “local” concerns. Revision is, despite what Trimble would have us believe in Chapter 10, more than just getting the words right. It is about getting the concepts and organization right.

  7. When you revise… • …let the paper simmer for a day or two and then revisit it, getting a feel for how it might come across to your audience. • …see how that introduction affects you, making sure that it is designed to invite in a reader. • …see how those examples might be convincing to even a skeptical audience. • …see how that conclusion affects you, making sure that it offers an effective and informative closing.

  8. When you help others revise… • Be specific. Your comments should apply to that paper and not be general enough to apply to any paper. • Be positive…to an extent. There’s no sense fostering delusion. • Be honest…to an extent. There’s no sense being brutal.

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