The document provides guidance on editing and proofreading documents. It discusses identifying errors, subject-verb agreement, run-on sentences, articles, pronouns, parallel structures, and abstracts. Examples are provided to demonstrate errors and how to fix them. Readers are prompted to determine whether sentences are right or wrong and asked questions to check their understanding of grammar concepts like pronouns and parallel structures.

1. EDITING &
PROOFREADING

2. What do
you know
about
identifying
writing
errors

3. Try this……
right or
 wrong
The lecturer, as well as some of the
tutors, are planning a test for next week.

4. Try this……
 wrong
The lecturer, as well as some of the
tutors, are planning a test for next week.
There is a problem with the subject
verb agreement in this sentence.
Write down what you think is the
correct sentence.

5. Subject – verb agreement
When you are proof reading your work –
check to make sure the subject and verb
agree – especially with a long or complex
subject
The lecturer, [as well as some of the
tutors,] is planning a test for next
week.

6. Try this……
right or
 wrong
We can see changes but not learning itself,
the concept is theoretical and hence not
directly observable.

7. Try this……
 wrong
We can see changes but not learning itself,
the concept is theoretical and hence not
directly observable.
There is a problem with the sentence
structure. This is a run on sentence.
Can you work out how to fix it.

8. Run-on sentences
Run on sentences can be divided in two
ways:
– by using a full top (.) or
– by using a semi-colon (;).
We can see changes but not learning
itself; the concept is theoretical and
hence not directly observable.

9. Try this……
The following actions were taken:
advertising the product, improving
quality control and bringing the retail
price down
right or
 wrong

10. Try this……
The following actions were taken:
advertising the product, improving
quality control and bringing the retail
price down right
This sentence is using parallel
structures - what do you think they
are in this sentence

11. Parallel structures
Parallel structures means using the
same pattern of words to show that two
or more ideas have the same level of
importance
The following actions were taken:
advertising the product, improving
quality control and bringing the retail
price down

12. Try this……
The authors produced evidences that
the theory was plausible.
right or
 wrong

13. Try this……
The authors produced evidences that
the theory was plausible.

wrong
There is a problem with the form of
noun and the article used in this
sentence.

14. Articles (a/an/the/zero article)
In English, an article is a word that is
used with a noun to indicate the type of
reference being made by the noun.
Uncountable nouns cannot be pluralised
in English.

15. Try this……
If you leave the book on the table, you
can take it after the class
right or
 wrong

16. Try this……
If you leave the book on the table, you
can take it after the class
 wrong
In this sentence there is a problem
with the use of the pronoun.
What would be a better way to say
this to make the meaning clear?

17. Pronouns
When you use pronouns – you need to
make sure which noun you are referring
to.
In this sentence, it was hard to know whether it referred to
the table or the book.
If you leave the book on the table,
you can take the book after the
class.

18. Abstracts
Remote access of virtual
machines has lead the way
of how corporate clients
can access an entire
desktop experience in a
more convenient matter.
Is
there a
problem
here?

19. Abstracts
Security issues in cloud
computing is one of the
most emerging aspect of
today's modern
technologies.
Can
you
help?

20. Abstracts
The author of this paper
dicuss the different
methodologies and studies
that recommend a
practicle solution to those
security issues.
Can
you
help?

21. Abstracts
Passwords are used on vast number
of computer systems and web
services, these passwords are meant
to serve to protect our services and
systems from unauthorized access;
however methods available to
attackers to breach these passwords,
are always evolving, and becoming
more efficient with advancement of
average home PC
Can
you
help?

22. what are we doing?
Proofreading?
Editing?

23. Proofreading means
examining your text
carefully to find and correct
typographical errors and
mistakes in grammar, style,
and spelling.
(University of Wisconsin, Writer’s Handbook, 2012)
Proofreading
It comes
AFTER
editing

24. Editing
A stage of the writing process in
which a writer or editor strives
to improve a draft by
correcting errors and by making
words and sentences clearer,
more precise, and more
effective. (Nordquist, About.com n.d.)

26. Structural editing
Content
Structure
Language
Style
restructure reword
accessibility clarity cohesion

27. Language style -transitions
Download Compare
Paragraphs
•Which is better?
•Why?
In the second
•find the transition words

28. Compare
(adapted from Oshima and Hogue, 1999)
Source: http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/grammar/engineering/transitions/index.xml

29. Proofreading
Proofreading
formatting references
sentence level
language

30. proofreading
Download pdf from
Writing Centre, UNC
•This handout contains
seven errors!
Find:
•three spelling errors,
•two punctuation errors,
and
•two grammatical errors.

31. Share ideas

32. need more……

33. need more……