Mastering Writing: Editing and Proofreading Tips
Enhance your writing skills with insights on the differences between editing and proofreading, what to look for when editing, identifying fragments and run-on sentences, and engaging in practical exercises to refine your editing capabilities.
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UNITE 1 PART 4 Editing Your Writing
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EDITING AND PROOFREADING? Editing Proofreading Improving the quality of writing Delete unimportant info Make stronger arguments Checking for spelling, punctuation, capitalization. Checking for structural errors Part of editing but not the other way around..
WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN EDITING Paragraph structure (topic sentence, supporting sentences, and concluding sentence.) Unity and Coherence. Off topic sentences/ideas Punctuation Spelling Grammatical errors. Capitalization. Fragments and run-on sentences.
FRAGMENTS Sentences that are missing a verb or a subject. It is more common in compound and complex sentences than simple sentences. Examples in the book.
RUN-ON SENTENCE A run-on sentence is poor grammar. It exists when two independent clauses (also called main clauses) are incorrectly joined. More than one independent clause cannot exist in a sentence unless they are properly combined. To properly combine clauses, correct conjunctions or punctuation must be added to the sentence. See examples page 22
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