lineediting
nounUK /ˈlaɪnˌɛdɪtɪŋ/
US /ˈlaɪnˌɛdɪtɪŋ/
Line editing is when someone carefully fixes the words and sentences in a story to make them clearer and better.
After the first draft, the author spent a week line editing every chapter.
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2. The stage of editing focused on sentence-level clarity, flow, and word choice.
Line editing comes before proofreading but after developmental editing.
3. A service offered by freelance editors to improve prose without changing the story.
She hired a line editing service for her novel before self-publishing.
4. The act of reviewing each line of text for consistency and tone.
Careful line editing caught several repeated phrases in the article.