Guidelines for correction
It is important that both the writer and the corrector have the same expectations of what the outcome of a correction will be. Below are the EUI guidelines to what is expected of a corrector.
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It is the corrector's responsibility to:
- revise the thesis using 'track changes' or equivalent
- ensure that s/he revises the thesis within the time frame agreed on with the researcher
- ensure that s/he can always be reached for the duration of the correction
It is the researcher's responsibility to:
- choose what advice to accept
- insert these changes into the final text
- ensure that s/he can always be reached for the duration of the correction
The corrector is expected to revise:
- spelling
- punctuation
- typos
- inappropriate vocabulary
- grammar and syntax
- sentence length
- paragraph length
The corrector may indicate that something in the text is unclear but is not expected to change it.
The corrector is not expected to:
- clarify, develop, correct, or in any way change the ideas and arguments in the text
- provide help with referencing
- format or sort footnotes or endnotes for consistency or order
- improve the position of tables and/or illustrations
- translate from other languages
Page last updated on 17 May 2023