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Useful resources for copyeditors and proofreaders.

Reference Guides. Basic editorial reference resources available online:
> Webster's Dictionary
> American Heritage Dictionary

> Roget's Thesaurus
> Bartlett's Famous Quotations
>
Columbia Encyclopedia

Proofreading marks . From EEI Communications, this page presents the standard marks used when proofreading a manuscript pages for publication.

Sample Style Sheet. A style guide can't cover every issue that arises during writing. It's always a good idea to create your own style sheet - particularly if a number of people will be writing, editing, or proofreading for your Web site or publication.

Grammar Guides. A few choice guides from the many grammar resources available online:
> American Heritage Book of English Usage
> Guide to Grammar and Style (Rutgers University)
> Grammar, spelling & punctuation (Purdue University)
>
Grammar and Punctuation (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
> EnglishClub.com (Designed for ESL learners)

Exercises. Interactive grammar and editing practice sites:
>
Practice exercises (Purdue University)
> Exercise Central
(requires free registration)
> Grammar Safari (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Editorial Eye Index. Index of articles on grammar, editing, and contemporary publishing practices from EEI Communications.

Checklists and forms. This useful site, also from EEI Communications. presents a number of forms and checklists to use for common editorial services -indexing, editing, and proofreading.


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