revising & editing academic writing
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RevisingReal revision is more than making a few minor adjustments. It requires being open to the idea that parts of your paper (and sometimes the entire paper) might need to be re-thought and re-written.
Remember:You do NOT work best under pressure.You are NOT the most brilliant the first
time around.Your paper is NOT perfect the way it is.Sometimes you must kill your darlings.
Editing& ProofreadingEditing is the process of fixing minor problems related to style.
Proofreading is the correction of mistakes in punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
Common usage errors: Accept/ except Affect/effect there/their/they’re we’re, where/were your/you’re to/too/two It/it’s
Sources Adapted from“Revising Drafts.” The
Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/revision.html
and “Conquering the Comma.” Purdue University Online Writing Lab. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/692/1/
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