Paper Editing - old

Editing Your Research Paper

Corrections:

You'll lose one point for each mistake, even if it's the same mistake more than once. For example, if you use the wrong "there" 10 times, you'll lose 10 points.
As explained before, you have three possible deadlines. They're different for each class, so check your class's due dates page to see when they are.
- First deadline:
  - You'll have two chances to make corrections.
  - Each correction you make will earn back 3/4 of each point that you lost. For example, if you had 40 mistakes, you'd lose 40 points but could earn back 30 points by correcting them all.
  - On your second round of corrections, each one can earn back 1/2 of each point that you lost.
  - The third time you turn it in (email), you can't make any more corrections.
- Second deadline:
  - You'll have one chance to make corrections.
  - Each correction you make will earn back 1/2 of each point that you lost. For example, if you had 40 mistakes, you'd lose 40 points but could earn back 20 points by correcting them all.
  - The second time you turn it in, you can't make any more corrections.
- Third deadline:
  - You won't have a chance to make any corrections.
  - Obviously, you won't have a chance to earn back any points that you lost. For example, if you had 40 mistakes, you'd lose 40 points.

Common Mistakes:
(in no particular order)