- Find and correct missing or incorrect articles, prepositions, pronouns, spelling mistakes, capitalisation, punctuation and verb tense;
- Highlight a sentence or passage that is overly complex or where the intended meaning is not clear;
- Flag errors in labelling diagrams, figures or formatting;
- Check that all entries in the reference list or bibliography are in order, consistent and free of errors;
- Raise queries;
- Send regular progress reports.
What is NOT
included in proofreading:
- Translation;
- Rewriting passages to clarify meaning;
- Changing the text to develop or change ideas or arguments;
- Reduce or increase the length of the work so that it falls within the specified word limit;
- Contribute additional material to the original;
- Correct information within the work;
- Rewrite sections where argumentation or logic is faulty;
- Change the words or figures or notation (except to identify the correct spelling or verb tense of the word used);
- Rearrange passages of text, sequence of code or section of other material;
- Check calculations or formulae;
- Re-label figures or diagrams;
- Correct faulty references or compile reference lists or bibliographies.
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