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Levels of Editing - What our editors will do on your documents |
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| Light | Regular | Heavy | |
| Mechanical editing | Ensure consistency in all mechanical matters - spelling, capitalisation, punctuation, hyphenation, abbreviations, formats of lists, etc. | ||
| Correlating parts | Check contents page against chapters; check numbering of footnotes or endnotes, tables, and figures. Check alphabetisation of bibliography or reference list; read footnote, endnote, or in-text citations against bibliography or reference list. |
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| Language editing | Correct all indisputable errors in grammar, syntax, and usage, but ignore any locution that is not an outright error.. | Correct all errors in grammar, syntax, and usage. Point and revise any infelicities (inappropriate and unpleasing manners or styles of expression). | Correct all errors and infelicities (inappropriate and unpleasing manners or styles of expression) in grammar, syntax, and usage. |
| Point out paragraphs that seem egregiously wordy or convoluted, but do not revise. Ignore minor patches of wordiness, imprecise wording, and jargon. |
Point out any patches that seem wordy or convoluted, and supply suggested revisions. | Rewrite any wordy or convoluted patch. | |
| Ask for clarification of terms likely to be new to readers. | Ask for or supply definitions of terms likely to be new to readers. | Ask for or supply definitions of terms likely to be new to readers. | |
| Content editing | Query factual inconsistencies and any statements that seem incorrect. | Query any facts that seem incorrect. Query fauty organisation and gaps in logic. |
Verify and revise any facts that are incorrect. Query or fix fauty organisation and gaps in logic. |
| Permissions | Note any text, tables, or illustrations that may require permission to reprint. | ||
| Typecoding | Typecode all elements. | ||
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