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Copyediting
Copyediting is the one most commonly confused with proofreading. It's not unusual to come across many clients who ask for a proofreader but actually need a copyeditor. I can’t stress enough that copyediting and proofreading are VERY different from each other. If someone approaches you for a proofreading job but wants words changed or sentence structure fixed, that is NOT proofreading -- that’s copyediting.
A copyeditor works on the following:
· Grammar
· Punctuation
· Spelling
· Fact-checking
· Double-checking the table of contents,
footnotes, bibliography, etc. (if applicable)
· Double-checking consistency with actions
· Fixing echo words (when the author uses
the same word repeatedly)
· Ensuring the timeline is accurate
· Checking chapter and page numbers
are correctly numbered