What is the difference between the different levels of proofreading and editing?
Here are some examples:
Original Text:
What makes a good scholars into a grate scholar, is having both good knowledge in his field and respect for the other scholars.
Standard Proofreading:
What makes a good scholar into a great scholar is having both good knowledge in his field and respect for the other scholars.
Editorial Proofreading:
What turns a good scholar into a great scholar is having both good knowledge in his field and respect for the other scholars.
Copyediting:
Having good knowledge in one’s field as well as respect for the other scholars is what turns a good scholar into a great one. (sentence restructuring)
Substantive editing:
Good scholars have good knowledge in their field; great ones have respect for the other scholars too. (rewriting)
