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Date of this Version
Summer 7-8-2019
Document Type
Article
Citation
Simon Shachia Oryila
Department of English and Literary Studies
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Email: shachiaoryila@gmail.com
Phone: +2348056224000
Philp Chike Aghadiuno
Department of Library and Information Science
Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia, Nigeria
Email: lafialibraryschool@gmail.com
Phone: +2348069431826
Abstract
The need to properly edit typed-written manuscripts before they are published is not new in the academic circles. What is relatively new is that editing tasks can be handled with the aid of a word processor through “Track Changes,” a useful feature on Microsoft Word which keeps track of the editors activities on the drafts. This paper examines the practice of editing scholarly communication vis-à-vis the application of modern technologies to ensure manuscripts meet acceptable publishing requirements in all matters of grammar, usage, style, diction, spelling, punctuation, among others.
