Editing and Writing Tips

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EDITING AND WRITING TIPS

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Editing and Writing Tips. Punctuation. Punctuation. Punctuation. Use of Pronouns. Use of Pronouns. WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THESE SENTENCES?. WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THESE SENTENCES?. Quotation Marks. Quotation Marks. Quotation Marks. Book Titles. Book Titles. Third-Person Writing. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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EDITING AND WRITING TIPS

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Period – Only one typed space following periods.

PUNCTUATION

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Period – Only one typed space following periods.

Ellipses – Only use ellipses within quotes when some part of the quote is omitted.

PUNCTUATION

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Period – Only one typed space following periods.

Ellipses – Only use ellipses within quotes when some part of the quote is omitted.

Commas - Use a comma before the conjunction in sentences with two or more independent clauses, but a comma is not necessarily used when the sentence is short and clarity is not an issue.

PUNCTUATION

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The pastor and deacon argued because he thought the church had made a bad decision.

USE OF PRONOUNS

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The pastor and deacon argued because he thought the church had made a bad decision.

The deacon thought the pastor had made a bad decision, and the two men argued.

USE OF PRONOUNS

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The church board, congregation, and staff all agreed to

repave the parking lot.

WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THESE SENTENCES?

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The church board, congregation, and staff all agreed to

repave the parking lot.

When a dependent clause or a

participial or prepositional phrase begins a sentence, it is followed by

a comma.

WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THESE SENTENCES?

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Double quotation marks must be used at all times except for the occasion when a quote is contained within a quote.

QUOTATION MARKS

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Double quotation marks must be used at all times except for the occasion when a quote is contained within a quote.

Block quotations in Turabian are single spaced and indented ½” from the left. Quotation marks are not used around block quotes.

QUOTATION MARKS

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Double quotation marks must be used at all times except for the occasion when a quote is contained within a quote.

Block quotations in Turabian are single spaced and indented ½” from the left. Quotation marks are not used around block quotes.Biblical quotations

should include abbreviated references--In 2 Sam 13:10, Amnon said, “Bring the food . . . so that I may eat from your hand.”

QUOTATION MARKS

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Italicize the titles of whole

published works, such

as books.

BOOK TITLES

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Italicize the titles of whole

published works, such

as books.

Put the titles of parts of these

works in double

quotation marks.

BOOK TITLES

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Write in the third person.

THIRD-PERSON WRITING

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No first or second person, singular or plural, unless within a

quote.

Write in the third person.

THIRD-PERSON WRITING

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I will tell you the exceptions!

No first or second person, singular or plural, unless within a

quote.

Write in the third person.

THIRD-PERSON WRITING

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Pronouns and their references

must agree.

AGREEMENT

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Pronouns and their references

must agree.

To ensure subject-verb agreement, identify the main

subject and verb in the sentence, then check to see if they are both plural or

singular.

AGREEMENT

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One of the most efficient ways to improve writing is to edit it for conciseness.

UNNECESSARY WORDS

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Doubling of Words:  mutual agreement (agreement)future prospects (prospects)consensus of opinion (consensus)reconsider again (reconsider)whether or not (whether)

inadvertent error (error)

UNNECESSARY WORDS

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Doubling of Words:  mutual agreement (agreement)future prospects (prospects)consensus of opinion (consensus)reconsider again (reconsider)whether or not (whether)

inadvertent error (error)

Intensifiers, Qualifiers:  

very

really

extremely

definitely

a considerable amount of

to a certain extent

UNNECESSARY WORDS

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Chapter headings and the titles of essay papers are followed by two blank lines.

HEADINGS AND SUBHEADS

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Chapter headings and the titles of essay papers are followed by two blank lines.Headings and titles begin 2” from the top of the page.

HEADINGS AND SUBHEADS

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Chapter headings and the titles of essay papers are followed by two blank lines.Headings and titles begin 2” from the top of the page.Subheads are preceded by two blank lines and followed by one blank line.

HEADINGS AND SUBHEADS