Editorial Tools

Style Guides

APA (free citation generator): This format is used in academic documents. It is the style guide of the American Psychological Association.

MLA (free citation generator): Published by the Modern Language Association, deemed the main professional association in the U.S. for language and literary scholars.

Chicago (free citation generator): Commonly used in publishing, the guide focusses on American English and deals with grammar, usage, and formatting.

Associated Press (AP Style): Developed and maintained by the Associated Press, this guide is used by journalists.

Canadian Press (CP Style): Reference used by Canadian journalists.

Uniform Legal Citation (McGill): A Canadian legal citation guide used by law students, lawyers, scholars, and legal publishers.

Proofreading Marks

Proofreading marks are abbreviations and symbols used to show corrections that need to be made in the text.

These marks are used for corrections like, spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes, and usually occur at the end of the editing process.

Two small tables listing proofreading marks and what they mean; 27 in total.

Common Misspellings

a four-column chart showing the correct and incorrect way of spelling 12 words.
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