Revising and Editing Grammar

When do writers reorder details to improve a paragraph's organization?

• Revising

• Editing

When do writers check for and correct spelling errors?

• Revising

• Editing

When do writers change contracted words like can't to their full spelling, cannot?

• Revising

• Editing

When do writers fix grammar issues like incomplete sentences?

• Revising

• Editing

When do writers check that all sentences end in an appropriate endmark (period, question mark, or exclamation point)?

• Revising

• Editing

When do writers check that quoted text is enclosed in quotation marks?

• Revising

• Editing

When do writers find more logical transitions to help their ideas flow better?

• Revising

• Editing

When do writers check that all proper nouns and proper adjectives are capitalized?

• Revising

• Editing

When do writers rewrite a paraphrase so that the information is more clearly stated?

• Revising

• Editing

When do writers check that all signal phrases end in a comma?

• Revising

• Editing