copy editing in English

verb

1

edit (text to be printed) by checking its consistency and accuracy.

verb

subedit, copyread

Use "copy editing" in a sentence

1. Why I offer Anglicising, Americanizing, and localization copy editing and proofreading

2. Amanuensis Translations is a web-based, full-service linguistic corporation that specializes in Translation, Copy-Editing, and Proofreading

3. In its simplest form, “Copyediting” or “copy editing” refers to making your copy easy to read and understand

4. So you can get away with either Copyediting or copy editing, but the modern trend is toward the closed-up form

5. What Is Copyediting? Copyediting (or copy editing) is the work that a writer or an editor does to improve a manuscript and prepare it for publication

6. ‘Nancy Cherry, co-chief of The Record's news Copydesk, has been selected as NJMG's next teaching fellow at Rutgers University.’ ‘Barbara Ellis, Ph.D., is a seasoned copy editor, having served on six Copydesks for nearly fifteen years and as a copy editing professor at Louisiana's McNeese State University for eight years.’

7. ‘Nancy Cherry, co-chief of The Record's news Copydesk, has been selected as NJMG's next teaching fellow at Rutgers University.’ ‘Barbara Ellis, Ph.D., is a seasoned copy editor, having served on six Copydesks for nearly fifteen years and as a copy editing professor at Louisiana's McNeese State University for eight years.’

8. Writer Beware has received a number of complaints from Riverdale anthology and book authors who cite publication delays, poor copy editing, late or missing royalty statements, non-provision of contractually-promised print author copies, and poor communication (for instance, authors finding out about to-be-published stories only when other