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Ethical editing of Undergraduate texts- 2024 updatesExplanation (if required)
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Section name2016 original text2024 updated text
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Limits to editingProfessional Editorial Standards (2016)Professional Editorial Standards 2024
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Fundamentals of Editing A2-12, especially A8.1-8.2 and A11-12Fundamentals of Editing A1-3, A5, A7 - A9, and A11-A13, especially A1, A2.3, A3.3, A5.8, and A13
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Fundamentals of Editing A9Fundamentals of Editing A7, A8, and A9
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Standards for Copy Editing D1–16Standards for Copy Editing D1–D4
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Standards for Proofreading E2, E7–11, E14Standards for Proofreading E1.3, E2, E1.4
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Editorial practicesThe editor should record notes following verbal interactions with undergraduate students in person or by phone or internet platorms, such as Skype and Discord.The editor should record notes following verbal interactions with undergraduate students in person, by phone or by a web-conferencing platform.Updated outdated language
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General CautionsProfessional Editorial StandardsProfessional Editorial Standards 2024
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Cautions specific to editing undergraduate textsStandards D5–D7, D11, and E14 require checking logic and the accuracy of facts, including mathematics. Standards D2.3 and D3.1 – 3.3 require checking logic and the accuracy of facts, including mathematics. Removed E1.4 at advice of Standards Committee. Deemed not relevant for this material.For reference-> E1.4 In the first round of proofreading, read the material word by word and scrutinize visual elements as the task requires, comparing it with the edited copy if supplied.
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Editing texts from students whose first language is not EnglishThese guidelines do not set out special rules for undergraduate writers whose first language is not English.These guidelines do not set out special rules for undergraduate writers whose first language is not English (English as a Second Language students or ESL students). Added explanation for abbreviation used later in existing text
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Correcting them is a matter of mechanical copy editing (standards D1 and D4).Correcting them is a matter of mechanical copy editing (standards D1.1 and D1.4).
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