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Copy editing

Copy editing (also known as copyediting and manuscript editing) is the process of revising written material ("copy") to improve quality and readability, ensuring that a text is free of errors in grammar and style and that it is accurate. The Chicago Manual of Style states that manuscript editing encompasses "simple mechanical corrections (mechanical…

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Copy editing → Academic, ACES, American, American EnglishOxford English Corpus, Annual, Associated PressNew Oxford Style, Authoritative, Book, Detection, Editing, English, Manual, Oxford University PressThe Chicago, Prize, Process, Professional, Standard, Style, Stylebook, Text
related to Contemporary copy editor · 15
Copy editing → ACES, Adobe Illustrator, American Copy Editors Society, Chicago, Contemporary, Copy, CSS, Daily Herald, Digital, HTML, RSS, SEO, Teresa Schmedding, The, This
related to Issues · 12
Copy editing → Additional, BuzzFeed, Editors, Emmy Favila, In, Julia Turner, Lowen Liu, One, Slate, Therefore, Web-based, With
related to Traits, skills and training · 6
Copy editing → Additionally, For, In, Many, The, United States
related to Vs. line editing · 6
Copy editing → Copy, It, Line, The, This, Understanding
related to Vs. substantive editing · 6
Copy editing → Also, Copy, It, Substantive, The, This
related to Contemporary · 5
Copy editing → Before, Copy, For, The, With
related to Hard-copy editing · 5
Copy editing → Also, Copy, Traditional, Usually, When
related to On-screen editing · 5
Copy editing → Also, Each, Every, On-screen, The
related to Vs. proofreading · 5
Copy editing → As, Copy, It, Proofreading, This

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Copy editingis aprocess of revising and preparing the raw or draft text of web pages for publication.Copy editing has three levels0.90text
Copy editingis aimportant step in the editing process0.90text
the New Oxford Style Manualinstance ofMost English language publishing firms use a widely recognized style guide0.80text
The Chicago Manual of Styleinstance ofMost English language publishing firms use a widely recognized style guide0.80text
The Canadian Styleinstance ofMost English language publishing firms use a widely recognized style guide0.80text
Fitzgeraldinstance ofwas sought out by writers0.80text
Hemingwayinstance ofwas sought out by writers0.80text
Wolfeinstance ofwas sought out by writers0.80text
because he greatly improved the work of these prominent authors with his editorial eyeinstance ofwas sought out by writers0.80text
Microsoft Word that are based on the original PageMaker to do their work.There were a few events that led to changes within copy editing as a careerinstance oftext processors0.80text
Adobe InDesigninstance ofThis technological advance also required that copy editors learn new software0.80text
QuarkXPressinstance ofThis technological advance also required that copy editors learn new software0.80text

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