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Editing for Clarity and Proofreading for Correctness Designed By Duke University’s Writing Studio 1/18/2007
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Important Considerations n
1/18/2007
What prevents your writing from being correct and essentially free from error?
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Important Considerations
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What prevents your writing from being correct and essentially free from error?
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What are your most common errors?
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Important Considerations
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What prevents your writing from being correct and essentially free from error?
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What are your most common errors?
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Which are matters of correctness and which are personal choice?
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Workshop Objectives n
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Learn useful editing and proofreading techniques.
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Workshop Objectives
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Learn useful editing and proofreading techniques.
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Consider how grammatical correctness is sometimes a choice.
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Workshop Objectives
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Learn useful editing and proofreading techniques.
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Consider how grammatical correctness is sometimes a choice.
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Gain confidence in your ability to write polished “professional quality” essays.
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Workshop Objectives Cont’d n
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Determine in what way the context for your writing affects your choices.
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Workshop Objectives Cont’d
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Determine in what way the context for your writing affects your choices.
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Review 20 most common errors.
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Workshop Objectives Cont’d
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Determine in what way the context for your writing affects your choices.
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Review 20 most common errors.
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Update skills in grammar and punctuation.
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Defining Our Terms n
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Editing: To prepare a text before taking it “public”
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Defining Our Terms
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Editing: To prepare a text before taking it “public”
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Proofreading: To read (copy or proof) in order to find errors and make corrections
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Defining Our Terms
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Editing: To prepare a text before taking it “public”
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Proofreading: To read (copy or proof) in order to find errors and make corrections
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Correctness: Freedom from error
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Editing Strategies n
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Use spell check and grammar check to help spot possible errors
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Editing Strategies
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Use spell check and grammar check to help spot possible errors.
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Refer to the “Most Common Errors” list (presented later in this workshop) for patterns of errors you are most likely to make.
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Editing Strategies
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Use spell check and grammar check to help spot possible errors.
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Refer to your list of “Most Common Errors” list for patterns of errors you are most likely to make.
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Trace the line of reasoning for each error.
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Editing Strategies
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Use spell check and grammar check to help spot possible errors.
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Refer to your list of “Most Common Errors” list for patterns of errors you are most likely to make.
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Trace the line of reasoning for each error.
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Check your word choice. 17
Additional Editing Strategies n
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Check to see if you have documented quotations and paraphrases properly.
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Additional Editing Strategies
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Check to see if you have documented quotations and paraphrases properly.
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Check for gender inclusive language.
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“Any fool can make a rule and every fool will mind it.” — Henry David Thoreau
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“It is not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.”
— T. S. Eliot
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Online Help For 20 Most Common Errors Go to this web site: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/easywriter3e/20errors/
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Exercise n
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Identify errors in the following sentences and correct them.
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Exercise n
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The manuscript contains many beautiful illustrations. Of plants, people, and other seemingly unrelated images.
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Exercise n
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The manuscript contains many beautiful illustrations. It depicts plants, people, and other seemingly unrelated images.
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Exercise n
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Meteorology has made many advances in the past few decades, but they still cannot answer a number of questions about tornadoes.
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Exercise n
1/18/2007
Meteorology has made many advances in the past few decades, but it still cannot answer a number of questions about tornadoes.
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Exercise n
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Recently, several sports have gained popularity that no one had heard of thirty years ago.
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Exercise n
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Recently, several sports that no one had heard of thirty years ago have gained popularity.
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Exercise n
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In previous centuries, fashions reflected the care that a woman takes to protect her clothes.
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Exercise n
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In previous centuries, fashions reflected the care that a woman took to protect her clothes.
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Exercise n
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Improved meteorological technology and the skill to interpret data have made its contributions to tornado prediction.
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Exercise n
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Improved meteorological technology and the skill to interpret data have made their contributions to tornado prediction.
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Go to http://uwp.aas.duke.edu/wstudio and “Resources for Writers” for online help.
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Proofreading Categories
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General (deleting, inserting, or spelling out)
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Paragraphing
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Margins
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Punctuation
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Style of type
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Helpful Proofreading Strategies n
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Read backwards.
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Helpful Proofreading Strategies
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Read backwards.
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Add paragraph breaks after each sentence to isolate it on the screen.
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Helpful Proofreading Strategies
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Read backwards.
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Add paragraph breaks after each sentence to isolate it on the screen.
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Read with a “cover,” one line at a time.
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Helpful Proofreading Strategies
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Read backwards.
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Add paragraph breaks after each sentence to isolate it on the screen.
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Read with a “cover,” one line at a time.
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Read aloud.
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Additional Resources
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Use “AutoCorrect” to help mark patterns.
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Refer to a dictionary, thesaurus, and grammar and usage guides.
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Look at examples of “correct” writing you can use as models.
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Online Resources n
For help with grammar, punctuation, and spelling: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar
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Details on 20 most common errors: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/easywriter3e/20 errors/
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Check “Resources for Writers” at http://uwp.aas.duke.edu/wstudio for helpful links
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Useful Books
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Go Ahead…Proof It! by K.D. Sullivan (MLA)
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Line by Line by Claire Cook (Barron’s)
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Interested In A More InDepth Experience? n
To sign up for a workshop, go to “Schedule An Appointment” and “Workshop/Group Sign Up” on the Writing Studio’s website:
http://uwp.aas.duke.edu/wstudio/
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