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EDITING 101

Editing is a crucial step in refining your paper's quality. This guide covers the fundamentals of editing, including how to check grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Understand the importance of complete sentences, avoid fragments, and learn how to properly manage run-on sentences and comma splices. Familiarize yourself with capitalization rules to ensure clarity and professionalism in your writing. With practical examples and tips, you’ll be well-equipped to polish your work and deliver a flawless final draft. Start editing now to enhance your writing!

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EDITING 101

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  1. EDITING 101 “The Perfecting of your Paper”

  2. How do I edit? “Editing” means carefully checking the technical correctness of your paper.

  3. You carefully examine your writing for: • Grammar • Spelling • Punctuation • Capitalization

  4. Grammar Remember nouns, adjectives, and verbs? What was a very important thing we learned about verbs? Every complete sentence has to have one!

  5. Sentence: a group of words that contains a subject and a verb, and that expresses a complete thought. Example: The window in the kitchen could not be opened.

  6. Fragment: looks like a sentence BUT is actually only part of a sentence. Example: The telephone with redial capacity

  7. Test to identify sentence fragments: Is there a verb? Is there a subject? Does it express a complete thought?

  8. A run-on sentence occurs when two complete sentences run into each other without any punctuation. Example: the icebergs broke off from the glacier they drifted into the sea.

  9. A comma splice occurs when a comma (instead of a period) is used incorrectly between two complete sentences. Example: the icebergs broke off from the glacier, they drifted into the sea.

  10. Spelling

  11. Punctuation • A statement is followed by a period.

  12. A question is followed by a question mark.

  13. An exclamation is followed by an exclamation point.

  14. Use commas to separate items in a series. • Use a comma before the words “and, but, for, or, so, yet” when one of these words joins an independent clause. Whew!

  15. Capitalization • Always capitalize the first word of a sentence. • Always capitalize the pronoun “I”. Example: Yesterday I wrote my first draft of this paper.

  16. Always capitalize proper nouns and proper adjectives. Examples: Chief Seattle Last of the Mohicans Mrs. Johnson

  17. Always capitalize geographical names. Examples: Bushy Run Battlefield Fort William Henry Lake George

  18. Now start editing!

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