What an editor changes, and what they do not
Being precise about this matters, because editing and writing are different services and most institutions treat them differently too.
- Corrected: grammar, punctuation, tense, register and sentence structure
- Corrected: paragraph order, transitions and section balance
- Corrected: citation formatting and reference list reconciliation
- Flagged: claims without support, and conclusions that overreach
- Flagged: sections that answer a different question from the one set
- Not added: new research, new sources or missing sections
- Not changed: your argument, your position or your findings