{"id":1262,"date":"2016-12-28T10:46:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T10:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingcheap.com\/blog\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2023-09-08T13:11:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T13:11:29","slug":"find-out-everything-about-paper-editing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingcheap.com\/blog\/find-out-everything-about-paper-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"Find Out Everything About Paper Editing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every student knows that editing and proofreading is crucial for getting high scores. And still some students think that looking through the paper briefly is enough to edit it properly. Of course, their assumptions are false. The reality is that you need to spend at least even 15% of the whole time that you spend on completing your assignment. In this article, we\u2019ll share the algorithm of paper editing. Primarily, we\u2019ll talk about editing papers, such as essays and research papers with a length of up to fifteen pages.<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s the difference between editing large and short papers? Typically, the difference is that you can examine short texts more times than long texts. Therefore, when you edit short texts you can divide your activity into small processes. One time you can check you text for orthography mistakes, the next time you can look for punctuation mistakes, and so on and so forth. Before moving to steps that you need to follow to create a perfect text, we\u2019d like to provide you with definitions for editing and proofreading. Check out the next paragraph to find out this once and for all.<\/p>\n

Editing and Proofreading: Is It the Same?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Have you ever thought of the process of publishing books? There are so many people involved in this process, including a proofreader and editor. Before you buy a book in a bookstore it is edited for many times. Before you submit written assignments you should also edit your paper many times.<\/p>\n

We will tell you about these two activities in more detail in further paragraphs. The only thing we will explain to you now is the following: editing text means to improve its content and proofreading means correcting grammatical mistakes.<\/p>\n

5 Simple Steps to Make Your Text Perfect<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Step 1: Make notes about tricky spots<\/strong><\/p>\n

This step concerns the period when your text isn\u2019t written yet. Many students while writing have doubts on how to write certain words or whether to put punctuation marks. Don\u2019t waste your time while writing. Underline sentences that contain tricky spots and move further. You will come back to them in the end.<\/p>\n

A tip: turn off the autocorrect feature on your computer so that it doesn\u2019t accidently change the meaning of sentences.<\/p>\n

Step 2: Return to tricky spots<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your first task is to find out whether your doubts about the tricky spots you marked were reasonable or not. Your tricky spots might concern certain words or usage of tenses, or any other points. Find suitable information that will help you to cope with all of them.<\/p>\n

Step 3: Paper Editing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, you need to check your text for following points:<\/p>\n

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  1. Consistence<\/li>\n
  2. Word usage<\/li>\n
  3. Redundancies<\/li>\n
  4. Structure<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We would like to facilitate this task for you so we\u2019ll provide you with a table that contains typical mistakes that you might run into. So here it is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    #<\/th>\nThe mistake<\/th>\nHow to correct it<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
    1<\/td>\nToo long paragraphs<\/td>\nDivide your text into paragraphs with the length of approximately 100-150 words. That way, your text will be more readable.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    2<\/td>\nNo subheadings<\/td>\nDivide your text into sections according to the amount of pages and the specificities of information. Actually, you should know how many sections you\u2019ll have before you write.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    3<\/td>\nToo vast sentences<\/td>\nComplex sentences (that consist of several parts of simple sentences) are inherent for scientific prose style. However, your text should be easy to perceive. Try to rewrite all the complex sentences so that they contain no more than three simple ones.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    4<\/td>\nSimple language<\/td>\nLook for appropriate synonyms to simple words. Make sure that they are appropriate for your text. Find the examples with synonyms that you are going to use, and check if they have the same meaning as your original words.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    5<\/td>\nTautology<\/td>\nLook through the whole text thoroughly and find out whether you have the same data in different paragraphs or sections. Exclude redundant information. This can be just words, sentences, or even whole paragraphs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    Step 4: Proofreading<\/strong><\/p>\n

    It\u2019s time to check your grammatical and spelling mistakes. You should consider these points:<\/p>\n