handout 2--logic based sentence editing
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Prove correctness by applying Rule 6
Apply Rule 6 to edit sentence correctly
Edit sentence in relation to those before and after it
Identify sentence pattern (SP2)
Apply Rule 9 as appropriate
Check subject–verb agreement (Rule 4)
Compound/complex sentence
Does the sentence have a colon or a dash?
Apply Rule 10 or 11
Identify subject and verb (Rules 1 and 2)
Identify the basic sentence
Is it a complete unit of thought? (Rule 2)
What are the modifiers present?
Any intended or attempted parallelism?
Apply Rule 12
Follow rule on introd. constructions (Rule 7; also SP2)
Now come back to the main clause
Simple or complex sentence
Pronoun present?
Apply Rule 8
Identify sentence pattern (SP1)
Identify restrictive/nonrestrictive expressions (Rule 5)
Logic-Based Sentence Editing
A. Venkataraman, Precise and uniform definitions of light, standard, and professional levels of editing—A proposal, presented at Editing Goes Global, Editors' Association of Canada Conference, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 12–14, 2015.
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Attend to the nitty-gritties of the sentence: serial comma (Rule 3), hyphenation, en dash, article use, capitalization, word usage, and unusual expressions
Start
Analyze sentence
type
Modifiers arranged correctly?
Sentence structure
clear?
Sentence begins with
subject?