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Helping authors and businesses polish their text for publication: non-fiction copy-editor and proofreader. Diploma in Egyptology. Random nature photos. She/her
We often see what we expect to see, which makes #proofreading difficult. It's even harder if there are two or three very small words next to each other. Slow down and look carefully...
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It’s #NationalBookLoversDay
Putting aside the attractions of Egyptian hieroglyphs and the subject matter, this book FEELS gorgeous. The hieroglyphs are smooth and shiny, just like a ‘normal’ book cover. But the scroll is textured and rough and… well… scroll-like. Yes I want to read the book but, to be honest, I mostly want to stroke it!
Thank goodness my friend spotted that bookshop on Saturday!
When #proofreading, don’t try to do everything at once. Check consistency of layout separately from reading for typos, for example – are chapter titles formatted consistently? Are the page margins consistent? What about the styling on graphics or boxes?
Turn pages just to look at these layout issues – you see them more easily when you're not also trying to check the content.
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Proofreading: if a bibliography contains several authors with several references, are they treated the same way? For example, they might be in increasing or decreasing chronological order or in alphabetical order.
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Last week I challenged you to check alphabetisation when #proofreading a bibliography. This week, an even harder task: are entries styled consistently? Are all books treated the same way? Are journal articles treated the same way? What about volume numbers or page ranges? Don't try to do this check at the same time as alphabetisation – there's too much to think about, so for me these are separate tasks.
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It's surprisingly difficult to spot alphabetisation errors when #proofreading a bibliography, so make a point of looking for them.
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