Lesson on Editing

AFTER REVISION, THE NEXT STEP IN THE WRITING PROCESS IS EDITING.

The Writing Center at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the people who wrote the information in the earlier lesson on revision, also offer this advice on editing.

EDITING EXERCISE:

EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ELEVEN PARAGRAPHS HAS AT LEAST ONE MISTAKE IN IT.

THE MISTAKES MAY BE IN GRAMMAR, SPELLING, PUNCTUATION OR WORD USE.

CHOOSE THE NUMBER OF THE LINE WITH THE ERROR(S).