Friday, 6 June 2014

Formatting and language editing


Formatting and language editing
Formatting and editing, both are integral part of academic writing. In academics, writing the assignments and submitting for due evaluation is a common phenomenon. Editing is universal and formatting is as per the requirement and style. There is no write-up which doesn’t require the editing necessity. Be it thesis, dissertation, essay, report writing, case study or any such related assignment; all requires top-notch quality content. When it comes to the importance of quality, then the content should be free from errors. Thus, there is need of editing to deal with errors. Formatting is one such aspect in academic writing, where its importance too matters equally like editing. The academic institute, it could be from any part of the world, but adheres to a specific style. Again, the assignment in any form requires the content featuring with specific format and style.
Therefore, if the assignment is developed with editing and formatting; the result would be awesome and in favor of the academic student. But due to lack of potential to deal with formatting and language editing; it becomes a bottleneck and results in failure. The purpose of the formatting could be categorized into two: to maintain the decorum of assignment and to make appropriate reference. Whenever an assignment is written, it has certain standard and style, which needs to be adhered anyhow to maintain the decorum of it. For instance, an assignment requires developing in MLA format. Hence, its guidelines revolve around:
  • Page margins
  • Font
  •  Spacing
  • Alignment of text
  •  Paragraph indentation
  •  End of sentence
  •   Page numbers
  •  Title page
  •  Section headings
  •  Tables
  •   Illustration
  •  Binding, etc.

In addition to these, the formatting responsibility binds to those areas in the assignment, where some information in it is from other sources. It could be text book, articles from the newspaper or journals, websites. If any information or knowledge is extracted to use in the research paper or any assignment; then it must be acknowledged. The aspect of acknowledging, i.e. citation of sources is in context to a specific format. Citing the references have also guidelines, which comes under the purview of formatting.
Language for any assignment is the key to orient and hook the reader with fine content. It is developed with a system applicable in academic sphere with different degrees in various contexts including the usage of words, phrases, and structure prevalent as per the grammatical nuance is concerned. Therefore to make the language to follow the needs of assignment, it requires a steady flow. Sometimes long sentences or unnecessary information in the content lacks no purpose for their existence. Hence, the unwarranted stuffs must be trimmed. On the contrary, at times while going through the assignment, reader feels something valuable missing or not able to connect the logic behind. Here, the aspect of language editing would take care of adding the missing things to make it sense to the reader. Apart from this addition or reduction of the content, the importance of grammar is of high significance. Otherwise the assignment will lose its charm and purpose.
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