Many of us are called on other documents as part of our service work or academic program review. The implementation of a professional level editing job was not part of your course follow the procedures described here to provide valuable feedback to an author.
ask that the intended reader. As an editor you should know that the target audience. To assess the readability level the tone of the writing the clarity and relevance of the use of jargon associated with the intended reader.
Read work through. When editing a document several times to catch many errors in reading. The first read-through do not concentrate on catching mistakes. Instead concentrate on getting a sense of what the author is trying to communicate.
Ensure that the readability score is suitable for the intended audience. If the writing is intended for a first grader reading level match Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level of . to . .
If the document is read by a general population of elderly the readability score between . and . . level with an easy to understand and maintain the majority of adults.
If the writing is for an academic audience or a group of highly skilled professionals such as engineers or doctors please write to level or higher. Jargon is allowed when you go to a special proceedings Familiar with this distinction selective vocabulary.
You can learn more about editing your questions can be found such as review checklists in the article
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