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GUIDELINES FOR HIRING AN ACADEMIC/DISSERTATION EDITOR
“It’s raining!!” As a native Californian, there is no sound sweeter than the rhythm of rain gently falling outside my window and pattering softly on the roof.
I then thought about how often my students and clients—be it in their dissertations, reports, or essays—mix up “its” and “it’s.”
It is so simple to differentiate between the two.
Read MoreWhen I first began editing academic manuscripts in the late 1970s, the field of academic editing was relatively new. In fact, many people questioned the ethics of assisting graduate candidates with their dissertations, reasoning that if a student could not write without assistance, perhaps that student did not deserve the degree and the distinction of doctor.
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