Proofreading
Here are the tasks I perform in proofreading. Not every task is performed every time. Tasks marked "Query" or "Suggest" are flagged for the editor.
- Correct spelling errors
- Correct grammar errors
- Verify
legal lines/regulatory compliance
- Suggest clarifying changes when appropriate
- Check folios, department heads and page references
- Ensure that images and captions are correct
- Query
all potential issues with sensitivitiy to the stage of
production
- Fix or query style violations
- Check links, names, phone numbers, addresses
- Query design issues
- Typos and spelling errors
- Improper word choice (e.g.: accept/except, capital/capitol)
- Subject/verb agreement
- Possessives/contractions/plurals
- Misplaced modifiers
- Punctuation (house style)
- Hyphenation (house style)
- Missing words
- Capitalization
- Bias-free language
- Abbreviations/acronyms
- Numeral usage (house style)
- Spacing/extra spaces
- URLs and phone numbers (house style)
- Trademarks and registrations (house style)
- Product references (house style)
- Pagination
- Cover/interior blurbs
- Page references
- Directionals and turn-tos
- Photo captions
- Footlines and folios
- Widows and orphans
- Indentation and alignment
- Line and letter spacing
- Type size and fonts
- Tables,
graphs and charts
- Heads and subheads (house style)
- Pull quotes
- End bugs (if used)
- Geographical names and references
- Names of celebrities, TV shows, movies, books, songs, etc
- Source names (consistent with house style)
- Phone numbers and websites verified
- Style manual preparation (added cost)
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