Editing and revising text / Jo Billingham ; cartoons by Beatrice Baumgartner-Cohen.
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TextSeries: One step aheadPublication details: Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.Description: 136 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: - 0198604130
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-134) and index.
CONTENTS: What is editing? -- The different editing circumstances -- Readers and aims -- Style guides -- First steps -- Editing the content -- Achieving structural flow - - Achieving linguistic flow -- Editing style and tone -- Accuracy -- Brevity -- Clarity -- Beyond ABC -- How technology can help you -- part B contents -- Index.