Paula Plantier

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Copy Editing

Copy editing is a most important and time-consuming task. It nrequires the editor’s close attention to a document’s every ndetail, a thorough knowledge of what to look for and of the nstyle to be followed, and the ability to make quick, nlogical, and defensible decisions in correcting for grammar, npunctuation, terminology, sentence structure, clarity, nconciseness, tone and voice, inconsistencies, and ntypographical errors.nn To begin with, editors are thoroughly

October 17, 2007