Editing and Proofreading

Outline

This guide covers the following aspects of editing and proofreading:
 

• Introduction
   
• Editing
  • Essay-level editing and paragraph-level editing
  • Academic integrity
  • Reducing your word count
  • Language and style
  • Formatting essentials
     
• Proofreading
  • The purpose of proofreading
  • Steps for proofreading
  • Strategies for proofreading

You can also continue to develop your skills by looking at the additional resources linked from this guide.

Introduction

Editing is the first step in the process to access the overall quality of your work and inevitably it involves making quite substantial changes to content, structure, and flow to ensure you are meeting the learning outcomes.

In contrast, proofreading consists of final checks to find and correct more minor issues and ensure the document is ready for submission.