2. GOOD WRITING IS
ALMOST ALWAYS
THE RESULT OF
GOOD EDITING.
Whetheryou'vedraftedanacademicpaper,acreative
pieceofwriting,orabusinessdocument,itneedstobe
editedandproofread.Infact,nopieceofwritingis
completeifithasn'tbeenthroughtherevisionprocess.
Doyouwanttolearnthekeystepstoedit
andproofreadyourownwriting?
10. CONFORM TO THE
TYPE OF ENGLISH
USEnglishtypicallyusestheOxfordcomma,whereasBritish
EnglishtypicallyomitstheOxfordcomma.
TypesofEnglishfollowdifferentconventionsforquotation
marks(singleordoublefirstandtheplacementofpunctuation).
DifferenttypesofEnglishfollowdifferentspelling(programin
USEnglish/programmeinBritishEnglish)andabbreviation
conventions(Dr.inUSEnglish/DrinBritishEnglish).
Numbersanddatesfollowspecificconventionsindifferent
regions.
06
20. FINALLY, YOU HAVE MADE IT
TO THE PROOFREADING STAGE.
REVIEW THE WHOLE DOCUMENT
FOR THE FINAL TIME, AGAIN
CHECKING FOR ANY MISSED OR
INTRODUCED ERRORS.
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU
HAVE FINISHED THE EDITING
PROCESS AND SHOULD HAVE
AN ERROR-FREE DOCUMENT
THAT IS READY FOR AN
AUDIENCE.
CONDUCT A
FINAL
PROOFREAD
21.
22. CHECK OUT OUR
RELATED BLOG POST,
"HOW TO EDIT AND
PROOFREAD YOUR
WRITING TO ENGAGE
YOUR AUDIENCE," FOR
MORE INFORMATION
AND HELPFUL
EXAMPLES.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO
LEARN THIS SKILL
FROM HOME, ALL IT
TAKES IS THE
NECESSARY
INFORMATION AND
KNOWING WHERE TO
START.