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- 1. edit (text to be printed or published) by checking its consistency and accuracy: "the editor goes over the manuscript after it has been copy-edited"
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Copy editing is the process of revising written material to improve quality and readability, as well as ensuring that a text is free of errors in grammar, style and accuracy. The Chicago Manual of Style states that manuscript editing encompasses "simple mechanical corrections (mechanical editing) through sentence-level interventions (line, or stylistic, editing) to substantial remedial work on lit... Wikipedia