Proofreading and Editing Internship

Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include:

1. Work on copy-editing manuscripts
2. Improve the sentence structure, clarity, smoothness, coherence, and consistency of the writing, through carrying out line-by-line editing
3. Check for correctness in grammar, usage, syntax, and other mechanics of style
4. Ensure the author's original meaning and voice are retained in the edited manuscript
5. Ensure consistent adherence to the given formatting requirements (which may apply to the layout, margins, typography, headings, tables, figures, lists, etc.), as well as referencing requirements
6. Proofread manuscripts
7. Remove mechanical errors and inconsistencies in the manuscript (including orthographical, grammatical, typographical, and punctuation errors, etc.)
8. Remove deviations from the given style sheet, referencing and/or formatting requirements
9. Critique manuscripts
10. Provide the author of the manuscript with critical, constructive, and courteous feedback regarding the form as well as the content of their writing, through making comments in the document
11. Point out internal discrepancies and lacunae, if any, in the manuscript's content (including facts, arguments, opinions, ideas, etc.)
12. Point out overall structural or organizational problems, if any, in the manuscript's content

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