Garie’s editing tools
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Methods and theories for editing
Garie focuses on key study areas, subjects and their purposes to inform his educational editing practices.
Topics encompass theory and practice.
Methods and theories of advanced editing
�Syntax & Semantics
This subject brings focus to resolving semantic ambiguity through understanding syntactic structures, such as complementizers, complements, and complex noun phrases.
�Grammatical relationships and the syntactic structure of coordination
�Focus is given to syntactic functions, i.e., the grammatical relationship of one constituent to another, that illustrate how certain structures are formed and the rules that govern their formation.
� Readability elements
�Tense, aspect, and modality and/or mood (an expression or its meaning) are studied to ensure competence in storytelling timelines.
�Writing operations and constructs
�This subject focuses on how to achieve a diplomatic, polemic or trenchant effect in narrative.
Standards of editing
Garie uses an innovative educational and grammatical editing model to support educational processes and meet traditional publishing standards.
With the understanding that writing elements, including spelling and punctuation, are regional, Garie ensures thorough editorial vetting.
Grammatical standards and typographical/orthographic standards
�Tense, aspect and modality in storytelling
� Tense is used to ensure the grammaticalization of the location of time; the preterite, to address past time, modality and backshifting; and aspect, to create variety, movement, focus and nuance, and modulate descriptions.
�Spelling, hyphenation and capitalization
�These are used as a marker of thorough editorial vetting.
�Orthographic elements
�Word breaks (including end-of-line hyphenation), emphasis and punctuation are each attended to to ensure high readabilty.
�Typographic elements
�Thorough vetting is performed as a means to building perfect book blocks by addressing stacks, runts, rivers, and windows and orphans.
Educational components of the tools
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