Editing and Proofreading Tips

On this page are links and documents related to mechanics (grammar and punctuation) and editing. If you would like to see Dr. Oswald's specific Writing and Style Tips, including discussions of various punctuation marks, click here.

GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION

Online Technical Writer's Guide
Holt Handbook Assignment (in Word, a sample of a handbook exercise you can do to improve your editing skills)

Examples of Writing to Use in Editing and Track Changes Assignments:

"The Future of the English Language"

PROOFREADING TIPS

Tips on Proofreading a College Essay - handout from Arizona State University
Proofreading Tips
Proofreading Strategies
Business Writing Tips

Examples of Writing to Use in Editing and Track Changes Assignments

SENTENCE COMBINING TIPS

Coordination and Subordination Handout (in Microsoft Word)

PROOFREADERS' MARKS

Click here to go to a web site listing proofreaders' marks.
Click here to go to a University of Wisconsin web site showing sample proofreading marks.

Source: http://www.m-w.com/mw/table/proofrea.htm

FOR FUN AND RESEARCH - EXAMPLES OF PUBLISHERS' GUIDELINES TO AUTHORS

University of Chicago

ARTICLES

What we want in a copy editor
Pain-free rewriting (an author's site with some good, simple tips)

ONLINE EDITING QUIZZES

Spelling Quiz
Ace's Online Quizzes (lots of topics!)
XML Quiz
Creating Editing Quizzes
University of Alaska Southeast Online Quiz Creation Template
Online technical editing quizzes based on book by Rude (Chapter 21: Hypertext)
Same as above, but on using lists
Same as above, but on headings
OWL punctuation quiz
Punctuation quiz (Central Washington University site)
70-point grammar and punctuation quiz
http://businessmajors.about.com/cs/quizzes/a/Sentence_Correc.htm
Online Grammar Help

ONLINE WRITERS' GROUPS, CONTESTS, AND MORE

http://www.editavenue.com/writing_tips_award.asp

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