Engineering Undergraduates

Editing:

There are benefits to editing someone else's work as well as being edited by someone else. Partner with another student to exchange work.

•   Are words clear and concise (packed with meaning)?
•   Are noun clusters a reasonable length? (Ex. of a long noun cluster: silica gel coated glass fiber paper chromatography. The guide is to use no more than three nouns in a cluster.)
•   Is there evidence, analogy or examples to fit the situation being discussed?
•   Do thoughts flow in a logical sequence?
•   Are punctuation, spelling, and grammar correct?
•   Use shorthand to convey changes needed:
  • Straight line - under particularly valuable or effective phrases or word choices.
  • Line through word or letter for deletion
  • Caret (^) underneath line at insertion point indicating the need for a word or punctuation
  • Circle misspellings
  • Jagged line - under parts that are ineffective or unclear.
•   Put the following in the margin to indicate:
  L - logic of the phrase, sentence or paragraph is not clear
  T - faulty or rough transition from one thought to another
  D - definition needed
  U - questionable word usage
  VT - verb tense
  W - Wordy
  
  Some standard proofing marks

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