copyedit
Polish before publishing
To copyedit is to prepare written material for publication by correcting errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
Copyediting falls between substantive editing (reshaping content) and proofreading (final error-catching).
A copyeditor ensures consistency and clarity without altering the author's voice: The manuscript was copyedited before going to the printer.
Also spelled copy-edit.
Added percentage for profit
- redlineEditorial revision marking
- queryRequest for information
- stetEditorial "never mind"
- deletionRemoval of content
insertion · annotation · pass · review · strikethrough · checklist · deadline · turnaround
Printing mistake
- correctionsAdjustments to fix errors
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- fact-checkingConfirming accuracy of claims
- cross-referenceNotation pointing elsewhere
consistency · error · misspelling · transposition · omission · duplication · discrepancy · verify
Original text before publication
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
- typesetArrange text for printing
- proofDemonstration of truth
- copyeditorPublication text corrector
freelance · in-house · Chicago · APA · production · prepress · blueline
Rules for arranging words
- punctuationWritten clarity symbols
- spellingCorrect letter sequence
- usageAct of employing something
- agreementShared position between parties
tenses · hyphenation · capitalization · conjugation · modifiers · dangling · split · parallelism
Ease of understanding text
- concisenessQuality of being brief
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- simplifyMake less complex
tighten · wordiness · redundancy · flow · transition · rephrase · restructure · untangle
markup
Added percentage for profit
deletion · insertion · annotation · pass · review · strikethrough · checklist · deadline · turnaround · rounds
typo
Printing mistake
- correctionsAdjustments to fix errors
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- fact-checkingConfirming accuracy of claims
cross-reference · consistency · error · misspelling · transposition · omission · duplication · discrepancy · verify · catch
manuscript
Original text before publication
copyeditor · freelance · in-house · Chicago · APA · production · prepress · blueline
syntax
Rules for arranging words
- punctuationWritten clarity symbols
- spellingCorrect letter sequence
- usageAct of employing something
agreement · tenses · hyphenation · capitalization · conjugation · modifiers · dangling · split · parallelism · subject-verb
readability
Ease of understanding text
- concisenessQuality of being brief
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
simplify · tighten · wordiness · redundancy · flow · transition · rephrase · restructure · untangle · precision
- editingcut, paste, delete, undo, redo
- Editing Tasksproofreading, proofread, spellcheck, revise, revising
- editorial actionsrevise, proofread, publish, review, rewrite
- textual correctionspellcheck, typo fix, autocorrect, proofread, spelling error
- prepublicationgalley, galley proof, galleys, proofs, page proof
- readingfluency, read, comprehension, readers, books
copyeditskim
Pass over lightly
gloss over · ignore · neglect · overlook · rubber-stamp