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Proofreading Hard Skills
Proofreading
Hard
Skills
01
Grammar
&
Mechanics
8
SKILLS
01
Grammar
and
syntax
correction
Fixing
faulty
sentence
structure
,
dangling
and
misplaced
modifiers
,
and
broken
parallelism
without
changing
the
author
'
s
meaning
.
02
Punctuation
Comma
placement
,
em
and
en
dashes
,
semicolons
,
colons
,
apostrophes
,
ellipses
,
and
British
versus
American
quotation
-
mark
conventions
.
03
Spelling
and
homophone
discrimination
Catching
affect
/
effect
,
complement
/
compliment
,
principal
/
principle
,
and
other
confusions
that
spellcheck
will
never
flag
.
04
Capitalization
and
title
case
Headline
case
rules
,
proper
nouns
,
job
titles
,
product
names
,
and
the
difference
between
headline
and
sentence
case
.
05
Subject
–
verb
and
tense
agreement
Agreement
across
interrupting
clauses
and
collective
nouns
,
plus
consistent
tense
within
and
across
paragraphs
.
06
Pronoun
reference
and
case
Clear
antecedents
,
correct
who
/
whom
and
I
/
me
usage
,
and
consistent
handling
of
singular
they
.
07
Sentence
integrity
Fragments
,
run
-
ons
,
comma
splices
,
and
compound
sentences
that
need
restructuring
rather
than
repunctuating
.
08
Word
usage
and
diction
Commonly
confused
words
,
redundant
phrasing
,
clichés
,
jargon
,
and
register
that
is
wrong
for
the
audience
.
1 / 5
02
Style
&
Consistency
8
SKILLS
01
Style
guide
application
Applied
line
by
line
—
AP
,
Chicago
,
APA
,
MLA
,
Oxford
,
or
a
client
'
s
own
house
style
sheet
.
02
Style
sheet
development
Building
and
maintaining
a
project
style
sheet
so
spelling
,
hyphenation
,
and
naming
decisions
hold
across
a
whole
document
or
series
.
03
Editorial
consistency
Uniform
treatment
of
voice
,
tone
,
point
of
view
,
tense
,
and
formatting
from
the
first
page
to
the
last
.
04
Terminology
control
One
term
,
one
meaning
—
consistent
product
names
,
technical
vocabulary
,
and
brand
language
throughout
.
05
Number
,
date
,
and
unit
formatting
Numerals
versus
words
,
number
ranges
,
ordinals
,
currency
,
measurements
,
time
zones
,
and
international
date
order
.
06
Hyphenation
and
compounds
Compound
modifiers
before
nouns
,
prefixed
words
,
suspended
hyphens
,
and
phrasal
adjectives
.
07
Abbreviations
and
acronyms
First
-
use
expansion
,
defined
acronyms
,
plurals
,
periods
,
and
consistent
re
-
use
after
definition
.
08
Citation
and
reference
checking
Matching
every
in
-
text
citation
to
its
reference
-
list
entry
,
and
flagging
orphaned
or
mismatched
sources
.
2 / 5
03
Document
&
Production
7
SKILLS
01
Proofreading
marks
Standard
mark
-
up
(
Chicago
or
BSI
)
applied
correctly
on
print
copy
,
galleys
,
and
PDF
page
proofs
.
02
Track
Changes
workflow
Word
and
Google
Docs
review
hygiene
—
clean
comments
,
resolved
queries
,
and
no
stray
edits
left
in
the
file
.
03
Multi
-
pass
proofing
First
pass
,
revised
pass
,
and
final
check
,
each
verified
against
the
previous
marked
-
up
copy
rather
than
read
fresh
.
04
Cross
-
referencing
Verifying
figure
,
table
,
footnote
,
and
section
numbers
against
the
text
that
points
to
them
.
05
Front
and
back
matter
Table
of
contents
,
index
entries
,
running
heads
,
page
numbering
,
and
part
openers
checked
for
accuracy
.
06
Typesetting
and
layout
review
Widows
,
orphans
,
bad
line
breaks
,
buried
heads
,
and
text
-
wrap
problems
that
survive
the
copy
edit
.
07
PDF
mark
-
up
Annotating
and
stamping
PDFs
in
Adobe
Acrobat
Pro
,
then
exporting
a
clean
comment
summary
for
the
author
or
designer
.
3 / 5
04
Technical
&
Tools
6
SKILLS
01
Microsoft
Word
Paragraph
styles
,
Find
and
Replace
with
wildcards
,
non
-
printing
characters
,
and
macros
for
repeated
mechanical
checks
.
02
Adobe
Acrobat
Pro
Annotation
tools
,
document
comparison
,
preflight
checks
,
and
optimised
export
settings
for
print
or
digital
delivery
.
03
PerfectIt
and
StyleGuard
Configuring
and
running
automated
consistency
checks
against
a
chosen
style
,
then
triaging
the
results
against
the
style
sheet
.
04
Google
Workspace
Docs
suggesting
mode
,
shared
style
sheets
,
and
version
history
used
to
review
content
collaboratively
in
real
time
.
05
Markup
and
code
literacy
Reading
HTML
,
XML
,
and
Markdown
well
enough
to
proof
content
without
breaking
tags
,
attributes
,
or
internal
links
.
06
Regular
expressions
Pattern
-
based
searches
for
double
spaces
,
stray
dashes
,
doubled
words
,
and
inconsistent
number
formatting
at
scale
.
4 / 5
05
Subject
Specialisms
6
SKILLS
01
Academic
and
scholarly
proofreading
Journals
,
theses
,
and
dissertations
under
APA
7,
Chicago
,
Harvard
,
or
publisher
-
specific
conventions
.
02
Legal
proofreading
Contracts
,
court
filings
,
and
defined
-
term
accuracy
,
with
Bluebook
citations
checked
against
the
source
.
03
Medical
and
scientific
proofreading
AMA
style
,
SI
units
,
drug
names
and
dosages
,
statistical
notation
,
and
figure
-
to
-
text
alignment
.
04
Financial
and
regulatory
proofreading
Filings
,
disclosures
,
and
reporting
where
every
figure
must
reconcile
across
tables
,
notes
,
and
narrative
.
05
Marketing
and
brand
copy
Campaign
copy
,
product
claims
and
disclaimers
,
SEO
metadata
,
and
consistency
with
an
established
brand
voice
.
06
Trade
and
fiction
proofreading
Novel
continuity
,
dialogue
punctuation
,
chapter
and
scene
numbering
,
and
a
publisher
'
s
fiction
house
style
.
5 / 5
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