What To Look For When Revising 
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When editing, make sure to pay careful attention to:

PROOFREADING

When you are satisfied with the structure and content of your essay, it is time to check for grammar, spelling, typos, and the like. You can fix obvious things right away: a misspelled or misused word, a seemingly endless sentence, or improper punctuation. Keep rewriting until your words say what you want them to say. Ask yourself these questions:

• Did I punctuate correctly?
• Did I eliminate exclamation points (except in dialogue)?
• Did I use capitalization clearly and consistently?
• Do the subjects agree in number with the verbs?
• Did I place the periods and commas inside the quotation marks?
• Did I keep contractions to a minimum? Do apostrophes appear in the right places?
• Did I replace the name of the proper school for each new application?
• Have I caught every single typo? (You can use your spell-checker but make sure that you check and re-check every change it makes. It is a computer after all.)

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 From ESSAYS THAT WILL GET YOU INTO COLLEGE, by Amy Burnham, Daniel Kaufman, and Chris Dowhan.
Copyright 1998 by Dan Kaufman.  Reprinted by arrangement with Barron's Educational Series, Inc.