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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No

No

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No

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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?