浙江省诸暨市草塔中学高中英语 Unit 4 Making the news What Does An Editor Do素材 新人教版必修5

浙江省诸暨市草塔中学高中英语 Unit 4 Making the news What Does An Editor Do 素材 新人教版必修 5 An editor corrects and prepares writing for publication. Three kinds of editing many editorial services offer are proofreading, content editing, and consulting and creative editing, or rewriting. Proofreading marks the document for types, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, subject-verb agreement, and errors in word usage. Content editing includes proofreading notations, and also analyzes reports and makes suggestions for word choice, figures of speech, sentence and paragraph structure and style, and overall readability. Consulting and creative editing includes proofreading and content editing, and also works with the writer to determine the target audience, define and project an identity, and design or redesign the document to connect with and convince the target audience. Here are some examples of proofreading, content editing and consulting and creative editing:The original paragraph It is my painful d uty to inform you that circumstances forced me to request the Finance Manager to relinquish his position. This action was not taken lightly and without incontrovertible evidence. Information received last Friday confirmed suspicions rose after taking the position concerning the misrepresentation of facts both before and after his appointment as to the holding of a doctorate. He has submitted his resignation effective January 22 1999.The proofread paragraph It is my painful duty to inform you that circumstances forced me to request the finance manager to relinquish his position. This action was not taken lightly or without incontrovertible evidence. Information received last Friday confirmed suspicions rose after taking t...