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Your work will be checked and corrected for the following:
- Grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
- Consistent and correct use of technical terms and general words.
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- References correctly listed and agreeing with their citations in the text.
- Overall consistency, e.g., numerical results are the same in the abstract, results, and conclusion, and sentences don’t contradict findings.
- Unclear phrases reworded or queried.
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Here is an example of a well-written abstract that would still benefit from proofreading. Thanks go to Professor Chris Marshall for providing and allowing me to adapt the text. You may wish to try and spot the errors before scrolling down to see the corrections.
Since 18F- is produced by the 18O(p,n)18F reaction, it is necessary to remove the 18F- ion from it’s aqueous environment. On the GE Tracerlab MX system, this is performed using a QMA Sep- Pak column. The 18F- ion is retained on the column whilst the [18O]H2O passes through. The activated metal ions pass through the columns and are not retained. The 18F is then eluted from the column with an Acetonitrile solution of Kryptofix and Potassium Carbonate (Yu et al., 2006). The long lived impurities is removed during synthesis enabling the final [18F]FDG product to meet the requirements of the pharmacopoeias (BP, 2000; EP, 2002. However, the long lived impurities are retained in the disposable cassette used on the Tracelab MX radiochemistry system. Precious authors have confirmed the presence of these long lived impurities in both the the Havar foil and the fluorinated water. The aim of this study was to measure the levers of these long lived impurities in the disposable cassettes, and thus the levels of radioactive waste generated during synthesis, to determine the most appropriate method of disposal
How many of the errors did you spot? Below is the text showing the corrections. Note that because of the formatting limitations of this website, no subscripts (as needed for H2O) or superscripts have been introduced.
Since 18F- is produced by the 18O(p,n)18F reaction, it is necessary to remove the 18F- ion from it‘s aqueous environment. On the GE Tracerlab MX system, this is performed using a QMA Sep-–Pak column. The 18F- ion is retained on the column whilst the [18O]H2O passes through. –The activated metal ions pass through the columns and are not retained. The 18F is then eluted from the column with an aAcetonitrile solution of Kryptofix and pPotassium cCarbonate (Yu et al., 2006). The long–lived impurities areis removed during synthesis, enabling the final [18F]FDG product to meet the requirements of the pharmacopoeias (BP, 2000; EP, 2002). However, the long–lived impurities are retained in the disposable cassette used on the Tracerlab MX radiochemistry system. Prevcious authors have confirmed the presence of these long-lived impurities in both the the Havar foil and the fluorinated water. –The aim of this study was to measure the levelrs of these long–lived impurities in the disposable cassettes, and thus the levels of radioactive waste generated during synthesis, to determine the most appropriate method of disposal.
Some inconsistencies have been resolved: column/columns (a common problem for authors whose first language does not distinguish between singular and plural) and Tracelab/Tracerlab, and the eagle-eyed will have noticed that two of the periods were followed by a double space rather than the standard single space. Note that the two typos (Precious/Previous and levers/levels) would not have been picked up by a spellchecker. Other corrections include the writing of non-trademarked names in lowercase, the removal of a repeated word, and some minor punctuation errors.
Here is the final text with all the corrections accepted by the customer.
Since 18F- is produced by the 18O(p,n)18F reaction, it is necessary to remove the 18F- ion from its aqueous environment. On the GE Tracerlab MX system, this is performed using a QMA Sep-Pak column. The 18F- ion is retained on the column whilst the [18O]H2O passes through. The activated metal ions pass through the column and are not retained. The 18F is then eluted from the column with an acetonitrile solution of Kryptofix and potassium carbonate (Yu et al., 2006). The long-lived impurities are removed during synthesis, enabling the final [18F]FDG product to meet the requirements of the pharmacopoeias (BP, 2000; EP, 2002). However, the long-lived impurities are retained in the disposable cassette used on the Tracerlab MX radiochemistry system. Previous authors have confirmed the presence of these long-lived impurities in both the Havar foil and the fluorinated water. The aim of this study was to measure the levels of these long-lived impurities in the disposable cassettes, and thus the levels of radioactive waste generated during synthesis, to determine the most appropriate method of disposal.
