Getting the manuscript ready 1

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Getting the manuscript ready 1

• Check on your master sheet which document to edit

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Levels of editing

• Read through the document quickly to see what it
  is about and to note major problems with
• Meaning
• Structure

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• Content
• Words
• Grammar and spelling
• Check higher levels (Meaning, Structure) before
  worrying about the lower levels (Words, Grammar,
  Spelling)

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Levels of editing Meaning

• What is the manuscript
• as a whole trying
• to say? What is the overall message?

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• What does each section or paragraph say?
• Does each paragraph have a key sentence?
• Normally at the beginning or the end Consider
  writing run-in heads for each paragraph to focus
  its topic Delete them later if they are
  unnecessary

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• Levels of editing Structure

• Is it in the right order?
• Does it flow logically?
• Is it in the right order?

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• Does it follow logically from the previous text?
• Use frequent headings

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Levels of editing Content

• Does it have the right information?
• Is the information correct and complete?

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Levels of editing Words

• Is it relevant?
• Does it say it clearly?
• Delete unnecessary words
• Turn abstract nouns into verbs

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• Replace long words with short words
• Get rid of jargon and abbreviations

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• Levels of editing Grammar Spelling

• Is the language correct?
• Check for misspellings and poor grammar

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Editing 1

• Keep sentences short and varied
• Starting at the top,
• edit each paragraph
• Rewrite and restructure if necessary

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• Work through the manuscript paragraph by
  paragraph, section by section, editing as you go
• Check the
• Meaning

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• Structure
• Content
• Words
• Grammar spelling

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• Editing
• In editing 10 items (for std. 12 of 5 Marks)
  and 12 items (for std. 10) will be asked( of 6
  Marks) for filling in the blanks (with options)
  or error correction (correcting underlined
  parts). They can be from determiners,

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• Subject-verb agreement, primary/modal auxiliary,
  - punctuations, spelling error, pronouns,
  prepositions, articles, conjunctions, genitive,
  singular, plural, question tag and many other
  constructions

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• Rewrite the following paragraph by selecting the
  correct words from the brackets Or correcting the
  Underline words.
• (1) A old woman lived in a handful of rice. She
  had not wish for fine clothes and hers son who
  face she could never sea, was everything on the
  world for her. All the money which she earned,

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• she spent above her son. She wanted to dedicated
  her boy for God.
• (2) The birth centenary for Sardar Patel was
  celebrated hear today with great enthusiastic.
  For a part of the celebration, a blood donation
  camp was jointly organized through the youth club
  and the Red cross Society on

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• the local hospital. The District Collector, Mr
  Sinha, was a chief guest. His presence enthused
  the donors. In three hours near 120 bottles of
  blood was gathered. The donors were given up the
  certificates by the hands of the chief guest.

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• (3) A Himalayas is one of the large mountains. It
  is situate in the Northern of india. There are
  many hill station. Every year thousands of
  pilgrims visited there. They go their in order to
  praying all mighty shiva. My grand father used to
  went there. How wonder is it !

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• (4) Anand, Yeshraj and Meghal are(well/ good)
  friends. We could say that they like..(one
  another eachother) Very .(many/ much). Through
  they teachers and obey their instructions
  sometimes they keep ..( in/ on) talking during
  the class. They help(others/ other) students.
  The teachers

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• are happy .( to/ with) them ..(and/ but) often
  .(tale/ tell) a story.
• (5) Muharram is not a month of sorrow, but a
  month of joy. In this month Muslims hold majlis
  that is religion meetings. In India,
• The tenth day of Muharram is known for the Tazia
  process.-

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• We see beautiful Tazias on that day. These Tazias
  are reminding of the Tombs of Iman Hussain and
  other martyrs. They are also
• reminders of grater battle of Karbala fought for
  trust and just. Non-muslims to join the Tazia.
  Didnt they die for a ignoble cause?

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• (6) Scarcely had he gone than a policeman knocked
  the door. His fault is such which can not be
  pardoned. My father has been ill since three
  weeks. He not only lost his ticket but also his
  luggage. None of my friend are useful to me. But
  I dont need they. I am good in my subject. He is
  one the rich man in -

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• Bombay. I never remember to have met him. This
  was him who they knew.
• (7) The Amul Dairy is biggest than most other
  dairies in India. A school is a place when pupils
  get education. King Ashokas rule was a glory
  period of peace. They are selfish. I dont need
  they. We went to the English

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• Classes regular. Pierre met with a tragedy end.
  He was a great love of nature. He did not liked
  bats. He is weak physic. He has work in this
  company since 1995. The job is your.
• (8) Urmil was write home work at that time.
  Hardly had I finishing my work than I switched
  off the light. This is the woman whose-

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• -we met at the book stall. The commissioner has
  been done his level best since last three months,
  King Ashokas rule was a glory period of peace
  and happiness. T.V. is a wonder invention of
  science. Await for your positive response soon.

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• (9) ..(What/How) astonished
• the Shah was(with/at) the shepherds power of
  observation..(?/!) He told him (if/that ) he
  was .
• (at least/indeed) the king of the country
  .(but/and) had
• (came/come) there (finding/to find) out

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• .(that/whether) he really possessed the gift of
  .. (knowledge/knowing) and understanding men.
• (10) .(Today/Yesterday) I congratulate you
  .
• (because/therefore) the honour of .(the
  same/such) an
• Army belongs..(of/to) you.

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• (About/With) this I close my.
• (speak/speech)(May/Will)
• God be with you and give you strength..(fulfilli
  ng /to fulfil)
• The pledge.(who/which) you have.(took/taken)
  voluntarily.

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• (11) Ice-hockey is (often/hardly)(ever/nev
  er)
• played in India. It is (so/too)
• fast a game.(to/for) my liking.
• Field-hockey..(also/too) is an
• ..(excited/exciting) game. I
• .(am used to/used to) play football (from/at)
  school

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• -but havent played it .. (now/recently).(but
  /though)
• I do watch it on TV.
• (12) Teacher are a very powerful.(influence/effe
  ct)
• On(a/the) youth.(since/so) many
  students..(consciously/
• conscious) idolize their teacher.

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• (but/and) take them .
• (to/to be) their role models and
  .(try/tries)..(shaping/to shape) their
  .(speech/behavior) like..(them/theirs)

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• (13) In a village (in/near) the forest in
  uttarakhand. One late evening a leopard
  (entered/came out of ) the house of Rukmadevi .
  The leopard jumped.. (upon/on) the
  (folder/elder) son subhash ran .(saving/to save)
  the dog.
• . (though/but) the leopard

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• Pounced on subhash(to hear/Heading) his elder
  brothers..(screaming/screams) harish
  rushed(here/there).

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• (14)..(when/while) the result were
  (declared/declaring),
• Patrick got A grade .(with/in) all.(a/the)
  subjects. His class-
• mates and teacher..
• (was/were) amazed. They were full (with/of)
  praise. And his parents (!/?)

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• They wondered..(what/how)
• That miracle .(had/has)
• Taken place ? They
• congratulated Patrick
• (For/on) his bright success.

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• (15) Once on a time . Their lived a poor , old
  cobber named Martin. He has only many things and
  just much food eating everyday. But he had a kind
  heart and he hated god. One day god appeared in
  his dream and told him if we would visit him
  tomorrow.

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• (16) Diego Maradona was one of the worlds
  greatest football player .but he caught to take
  drugs. After that. He can not play with his
  country . Everyone stopped to talk about his
  game. They too talked about his bad habit .
  Initially, has country men
• remembered not his great talent

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• And the shame he had brought in himself and his
  country.
• (17) There are too many ways in such animals have
  made mans life wonderful. They are actually
  mans greatest friends. But we
• are like human beings, good and loving at
  animals?

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• We would use animals to help us though should we
  kill and save them, and that too for things as
  Perfumes, silk and make up?
• (18)St.Francis of Assisi, a Christian saint,
  loved animals like he loved Humane beings.
• he advised this love to none.

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• .St. Francis lived in a small town of Assisi in
  tally before seven hundred years ago. Though as a
  young man, he lived his home and rich and began
  seeking Friendship from animals and birds.

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• (19) January 26 is celebrated like Republic day.
  At January
• 26,1950, our constitution passed and accepted.
  A grand parade held every year at Delhi to mark
  this day. We feel proud seeing member of our arm
  forces march smartness. its a wonderful
  spectacles

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• (20) Ashok and his mighty victory army returned
  home again when Ashok was bake in his place .he
  sent form his chief
• and his Warlords, his Counsellors and his man
  of state and standing upon before them he said
  I have sin the horrors of victory.

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• I shall not draw the sword again expect to
  defence my country in favour of invasion
• (21) Almost a weak had passed for I had Susies
  letter it was Friday and I had a Geography test
  this afternoon . I sat revise my lessons below
  the gulmohar

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• Tree. The chrysanthemums and dahlias were in ful
  bloom. Then suddenly .the little yellow butterfly
  hovered around me and finally perched in my leg
  stretched out in front of me . I became
  absolutely still. It moved its wing daintily for
  a movement and than flew off.

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