Editing a research paper is very important as it allows the author to remove grammatical errors and correct inconsistencies in the text.

1. Writing Process: The Need for Editing
and Proofreading

2. What are the steps involved
in the writing process?
Pre-writing:
• Choose a topic of your
interest
• Brainstorm new ideas
• Gather relevant
information
Organizing:
• Create an outline
• Finalize the position of
heading, title, captions,
images for each section

3. Drafting:
• Develop your ideas into
statements
• Create a first rough draft
Revising:
• Reread the content that you
have written
• Rectify grammatical and spelling
errors

4. What is Editing?
• It is the process of
removing grammatical and
spelling errors
• Editing involves
streamlining the ideas and
presenting views of the
authors
• This is achieved by
restructuring the
sentences, using simple
vocabulary, and creating
smaller sentences.

5. What is Proofreading?
Proofreading is rectifying grammatical, spelling, and
punctuation errors. This is done to ensure that a
paper is free of typos and is comprehensible to the
audience.

6. Checklist for
Editing and
Proofreading
your research
paper:
Proper transitions should be there in between the
paragraphs
Remove any repetitive or unnecessary words that might
confuse the readers
Read your paper out loud to detect any silly typo errors
Review the format of your paper
Check for end punctuations
Do a spelling and grammar check at least twice
Use active voice to communicate your research findings

7. Why is
Editing
Required
?
TO PRESENT
YOUR IDEAS
PROPERLY
TO ESTABLISH
THE CONTEXT
OF YOUR
RESEARCH
TO SUBMIT AN
ERROR-FREE
PAPER TO
PUBLISHERS
TO PRESENT
THE IDEAS
COHERENTLY
TO IMPROVE
THE
LANGUAGE
QUALITY