Editing

Editing is the process of reviewing and correcting written material to improve clarity, coherence, and overall quality.

A run-on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined without appropriate punctuation or conjunction.

A comma splice is a grammatical error that occurs when two independent clauses are joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction.

A semicolon is used to connect closely related independent clauses or to separate items in a complex list.

A fragment is an incomplete sentence that lacks a subject or a verb, or does not express a complete thought.

'Less' is used for uncountable nouns, while 'fewer' is used for countable nouns.

Quotation marks are used to indicate direct speech, quotations, or titles of short works.

Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.

A conjunction is a word that connects clauses, sentences, or words in the same clause.

A misplaced modifier is a word or phrase that is improperly separated from the word it modifies, leading to confusion.