Dissertation editing: learning how to proofread your paper


Editing your dissertation is not an overnight story. When you complete your writing process, leave your paper aside for a few days. This way you will forget about the repetitive jargons, terminologies and commonly ignored mistakes. Your brain can start fresh after a day or two. Take these two days to reward or treat yourself because you actually did a lot of hard work and are almost about to finish your assignment. This will increase your productivity and motivate your for the editing phase.

How to proof read your paper


Proof reading is the last part of your paper; you need to pay maximum attention. Do not try to proof read the entire dissertation in one go, you will get tired and miss important details. Follow a plan for proof reading. You can divide your task into three simple steps so that you can concentrate better.

Here are three simple and detailed steps for your proofreading process

  1. Get an audio copy
    • Check the sentence structure
    • Delete or rephrase complex sentences
    • Identify the gaps in your writing
    • Make sure the transition between sentences and paragraphs is smooth
    • Include transitional hooks
    • Check the grammar of your paper
    • Think about the selection of the words
    • See if the direction of your paper is sound
    • See if you were able to succeed in your research purpose
    • Compare your thesis statement and the conclusion paragraphs
  2. Get a hard copy
    • Check the formatting
    • Look at the instructions given by your professor
    • Double-check all the titles, names, dates, statistical figures, tables, and research facts in your paper
    • Check the paper for typos
    • Check the paper for misspelled words
    • Make sure there are no jargons or abbreviations that the reader will not be aware of
    • Underline or highlight the changes and mistakes
    • Check the citation section
    • Make sure you include all the chapters
    • Check your paper for plagiarism
  3. Rewrite your paper

After you have done both the audio and visual check of your paper, you can finally re-write the final copy. List down all the changes and mistakes on a neat paper and number them. This way you will not miss any important point. Re-write your paper after careful analysis of the list and stop every once a while to refer back to the mistake list.

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