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You and Your Doctoral or Thesis Writing Team: Part 21
As the student, you need to be in charge, you need to be assertive. Use all help wisely including that of a good academic editor. Continue reading
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Tagged 21 proofreading tips, academic editor, doctoral journey, doctoral road, informed student, writing process
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You and Your Doctoral or Thesis Writing Team: Part 20
Do not confuse a copy edit and content edit. Never expect a content edit if paying for a copy edit. Continue reading
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Tagged academic advisors, academic editor, content edit, copy edit
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You and Your Doctoral or Thesis Writing Team: Part 19
For post-graduate writing, the content must be worked with first before doing a copy edit. Use a good content editor if required and be prepared to pay. Continue reading
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Tagged build content, editor, fuzzy questions, literature gaps, loose hypotheses, unclear thesis
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You and Your Doctoral or Thesis Writing Team: Part 18
A copy edit is about the basics: language, punctuation, academic tone, style, formatting, consistency. Repeated edits are often needed. Continue reading
You and Your Doctoral or Thesis Writing Team: Part 17
Don’t let faculty misguide you. If you equip yourself and stand firm when needed, you will be in charge of your studies. Use an editor wisely. Continue reading
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You and Your Doctoral or Thesis Writing Team: Part 16
Don’t let your university faculty dump you on your editor. Editors are there to there to clean up a document, not write it. Continue reading
Spoonerism
Muddling up letters of words to create new unintended words are sometimes funny and known as spoonerisms. Continue reading
You and Your Doctoral or Thesis Writing Team: Part 15
It is your responsibility to find out what your school can offer you in terms of faculty & resources. Your school uses your stats to promote the school. Continue reading
You and Your Doctoral or Thesis Writing Team: Part 14
An insecure student does not rely on his or her own ability. Instead they are wanting someone else to confirm, fix, or even write their work. Continue reading
You and Your Doctoral or Thesis Writing Team: Part 13
Be an informed master’s or doctoral student. Avoid expecting editors to do the work for you. See if you are the lazy student. Continue reading
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