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2. Copy editing - Wikipedia

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   Example of non-professional copy editing in progress [1]. Copy editing (also known as copyediting and manuscript editing) is the process of revising written material ("copy") to improve quality and readability, as well as ensuring that a text is free of errors in grammar, style, and accuracy.

3. List of proofreader's marks - Wikipedia

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   BSI proof-correction marks (conforming to BS 5261C:2005) as prepared by the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading; The style guide for publications of the European Union is presented in 24 European languages and includes a section on proofreading. Each edition has a sheet of proofreader's marks that appears to be the same apart from ...

4. List of style guides - Wikipedia

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   Copy-editing: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Authors and Publishers Judith Butcher. (2006 ed.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press ISBN 9780521847131; Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage (2015 ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, (hardcover). Based on Modern English Usage, by Henry Watson Fowler. ISBN 9780199661350

5. Standard manuscript format - Wikipedia

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   Standard manuscript format is a formatting style for manuscripts of short stories, novels, poems and other literary works submitted by authors to publishers.Even with the advent of desktop publishing, making it possible for anyone to prepare text that appears professionally typeset, many publishers still require authors to submit manuscripts within their respective guidelines.

6. Widows and orphans - Wikipedia

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   Regarding page design and the layout of the text, the 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style (2003) indicates that an edited manuscript should have neither widows nor orphans, even if their elimination leaves blank space at the bottom of the page or of the column of text. [2]

7. Levels of edit - Wikipedia

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   Levels of edit (or levels of editing) describes a cumulative or categorical scheme for revising text.Beginning as a tool to standardize communication between writers and editors at a government laboratory, [1] the levels of edit has been adopted and modified by the general public and academics in professional communication and technical communication.