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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