Proofreading 

​ensuring writing is
​free of errors.

​When proofreading, I check for:

• typos
• spelling
• ​macrons
• punctuation
• grammar
• omissions
• ambiguities
• spacing between words
• heading consistency
• page numbers, headers and footers 
• font size and style.

Post-graduate students: it is generally acceptable for a thesis ​or dissertation to be proofread. The proofreader does not contribute in any way to the intellectual content of the work.  

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​Hertha James

Proofreading of
​te reo Māori ​

ensuring that kupu Māori
​are written correctly.

When proofreading text in te reo Māori, I check the accuracy of:

• macrons and spelling (by referring to He Pātaka Kupu, and other dictionaries when necessary, and also the Guidelines for Māori Language Orthography by Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori)
• the wording of whakataukī and whakatauākī (with reference to Ngā Pēpeha a ngā Tūpuna by Mead & Grove)
• the wording of kīwaha (referring, if necessary, to He Kohinga Kīwaha by Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori)
• place names
• names of marae, hapū and iwi
• tūpuna names.

Copy-
editing

​ensuring the writing is clear, coherent, correct and consistent.

When copy-editing I check for ​all proofreading aspects, and also for:

• appropriate language, tailored to suit the reader
• flow and relevance
• structural and organisational problems
• consistency and completeness of text, title pages, contents, list of illustrations and referencing
• format of footnotes, endnotes, bibliography, appendixes and glossary
• ​treatment of quotations
  
• labelling and placement of artwork, tables, charts and graphs
• layout and style
• compliance with an appropriate referencing system.

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