Copy editing Essays

  • Reflection of My Paper Writing Process

    560 Words  | 2 Pages

    done interesting facts and statements I found during my research that I want to come back to when I am typing the rough draft. I find that writing important things down helps with my time efficiency and keeps me more focused on my research, instead of copy, pasting, and switching screens each time. I believe writing a rough draft with our advancement of technology a waste of time for me, and I choose to use Word for my drafts. It is neatly presented for proofreading. My handwriting is not the best, and

  • Apologies

    550 Words  | 2 Pages

    My apologies for mistakes When we thought about making this book they were quiet ready to help. To all those who get my book and find any mistakes, firstly I apologize. Allow me to offer an excuse as to focus blame on something else other than myself. I did not submit this book to any publishing houses, for two reasons. 1. Since my Heart operation (See how I go right for the sympathy vote) I have been determined to show myself, others as well but mostly for myself, that I can do this. 2. My impatience

  • Editing the World One Magazine at a Time

    1221 Words  | 3 Pages

    spread style throughout the world and inspire others to create their own sense of style. I aspire to become the editor of a major fashion magazine similar to Elle or Vogue. Throughout this essay, I discuss the various ways and requirements to one day editing my own fashion magazine. The job environment for an editor continues to vary due to the advancement of technology. Many editors are able to work from home and the road, but often they also have a main office. Editors are required to travel often

  • Convergence

    1741 Words  | 4 Pages

    such as the iPhone or Kindle. They provide ease of access and make it possible to have many different forms of media in one device. For example, many technologies enable people in the workforce to open a document from a coworker while simultaneously editing a book using software to help. Without convergence, much of daily life would slow

  • Investigation of Information Systems

    1448 Words  | 3 Pages

    is a request for information (eg. list this week's sales above $3000) c. a Response to a prompt (eg. a Y or a N) d. an Instruction (eg. "Print File", "Save File") e. a Message to another user on the system (g. intranet mail) f. a Change (eg. editing a record) ii. Processing capabilities include: a. Sorting data (eg. sorting a customer file alphabetically) d. Retrieving, recording and updating data in storage (eg. a customer record) e. Summarizing processes (eg. totals and subtotals) f

  • Reflective Essay: The Writing Process

    522 Words  | 2 Pages

    variety of techniques. Before college, I would write assuming that the only reader, or audience, would be my teacher. Composition helped me realize the many steps that are involved in the writing process from free writing to making a final copy. In order to create a good paper you need organize your ideas. Also, I realize what needs to be in a essay and what doesn’t. I have improved in my writing but organization has been my problem, and even though I’ve made a progress. I still

  • College Essay On Video Editing

    865 Words  | 2 Pages

    help me make videos much better looking for an audience. I would love this as a lifetime job and do editing for big businesses like FOX or YouTube, things like that. I want to be a video editor because I have always fantasized of being a big person and doing a job with computers. I love working and making films better. I used to make videos better for people when I lived in Houston. Video editing has gone a long way in technology. It has come from just putting pieces of a film together into adding

  • How To Upload Video Onto Youtube

    658 Words  | 2 Pages

    essential to know how to edit and upload a video on to YouTube. Almost everybody has a special video that they would love to share with the world. Whether it is comical, sad, or educational, YouTube will allow you to share your video worldwide, and editing your video will make it very enjoyable. In this directive process you will learn how to turn your video into a masterpiece. To begin, you need to record or download a raw video from your computer or any device with a camera that is able to connect

  • Case Analysis of Apple Incorporation

    15687 Words  | 32 Pages

    system. Software designers are not as enthused about writing programs to support Apple's operating system because of limited potential sales. The advantages that seem to come into Apple's laps are quickly removed because competitors are able to copy, steal, and share them. The one advantage that Apple possesses is its operating system but it has failed to convince the world of its superiority. The operating system in possession has not encountered the problems that Microsoft and its fellow

  • McCarthy

    1808 Words  | 4 Pages

    period paralleled to the Christian views of the Spanish Inquisition; a time period of branded embarrassment and horror never to be forgotten. Later McCarthy said the number he gave in his speech was not 205 but 57. The fact is that Desmond had a written copy of the speech before McCarthy gave it, but he could have changed the number to 57 when he actually presented the speech. Regardless, the number 57 would have been just as shocking as 205. The reporter's ethics and/or practices were questionable in

  • Free College Admissions Essays: I Hated My Father

    771 Words  | 2 Pages

    I Hated My Father I hated my father for a long time. I resemble him completely, and everyone says I am a copy of him in appearance. And some people even said that 30 years after, I would be what he was completely in everything. But I really disliked to be told so, and I felt it was an insult to me. My father was an object of detestation for me; to be his son was my curse. I didn't regard him as my father and despised him very much, so I sought ways of revenge on him. I decided that after I graduate

  • Dinner with Father

    750 Words  | 2 Pages

    image of him I had forged in my mind, in my writing, is true. In my philosophy class this year, we are reading Plato's Republic, which my mother has told me was my father's favourite book. I am fortunate enough to have his copy of the Republic, a tattered, red-leather bound copy from long ago. I want to know what he gleaned from this book that made it so important to him. I would use the dinner (which I know would be too short) to fill in the gaps in my perception of my father.

  • Effective Use of Menace in The Merchant's Tale

    792 Words  | 2 Pages

    uneasiness that little can be trusted. The dramatic irony that comes with the image of "warm wex" shows the hidden power of May, that Januarie knew nothing about. He is unaware that she has equal knowledge of the usefulness of warm wax and uses it to copy the key to the garden for Damyan. The deviousness of the wife is menacing as she is almost a champion of the image that has previously been so repulsive to the reader. The references that Januarie makes to images of being bound are as menacing as

  • Cause and Effect Essay - Plagiarism and Cheating

    911 Words  | 2 Pages

    students will never acquire new knowledge. These practices of cheating, copying and forgery by students are unethical and should be brought to the surface whenever possible. Students that copy other student's work are hurting themselves in the long run. Their creativity level drops every time they copy or have someone else do their work. After a while of copying and forging, the student's ability to think creatively and successfully becomes next to nothing. "Educators must continue to socialize

  • File Sharing

    2576 Words  | 6 Pages

    etc) between users across a network." The breakdown of file sharing can be lumped into two basic categories, physical and virtual. Since the invention of the cassette tape, back in 1962 (about.com), people have been transferring data. Friends would copy a tape they borrowed or purchased from another friend and the chain was never ending. When the camcorders started to get smaller and more affordable movies would be bootlegged from the theater and sold. Technology today has changed immensely but still

  • Feelings of Incompetency

    1540 Words  | 4 Pages

    as assisting. The most glaring thing that I feel that I am doing wrong is that when I read a paper that is loaded with commas, I tend to point them out without much help from the tutee. Take the following paragraph, for example (which is a rough copy from a tutee of mine - who wasn't a foreigner to our country): Snowmobiles, on the other hand, are, for example, a very effective, yet costly, means of transportation. They are, as said before, expensive, but, the fact that they're worth it only

  • The Importance of the Origin of the First Quarto of Hamlet

    3592 Words  | 8 Pages

    self-interested advertising. They admit that their copy is "almost," but not quite, "perfect."* Thus we might wish to take seriously one further point that the title page tries to make, namely, that the earlier quarto was neither "true" nor "perfect," and therefore is corrupted not simply in its brevity, but also in the presentation of the text which it actually does contain. This would mean that Q1 did not use the "true and perfect Coppie" as its copy-text. It does not seem preposterous to rephras.

  • Roman Pool

    925 Words  | 2 Pages

    the 5 C. Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, Italy (Kastner, p. I-261.) They are also representative of traditional marine monster themes that can be found in ancient Roman baths (Strong, p. 124.) The statues are rough copies of ancient Greek and Roman statues. One such copy represents the "Apoxyomenos." Statuary was used on a considerable scale in the Baths of Caracalla (Strong, p. 124.) The pool and surrounding room, which were built from 1927-1934, can be compared to an ancient Roman bath

  • holes

    1258 Words  | 3 Pages

    of come and get it, Derrick finally dropped it in the toilet in the boys’ restroom. By the time Stanley retrieved it he had missed his bus and had to walk home. It was while he was walking home, carrying his wet notebook, with the job of having to copy the ruined pages that were messed up, that the sneakers fell from the sky. He didn’t know what they were or whom they were from so he kept them. Then Stanley heard sirens and ran, he didn’t know why he ran but he kept on running. Later Stanley found

  • Help My Computer

    753 Words  | 2 Pages

    will have to be reinstalled. You will need to copy off the data you created. This is the information that you created in Word, Excel or Powerpoint. You should also backup your email messages along with your Internet favorites. You may choose to copy the data onto a CD or if your computer is networked, then copy it onto another computer or a network drive. Next you need to verify that you have legal copies of the computer operating system. A legal copy allows you the ability to get the most up to date