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2. It is necessary to correct after precisely defined deficiency or errors in the
text.

3. When ruling, you need to know the edges, so as not to damage the
author's plan.

4. Minor edits should be made to preserve the author's individuality reflected
in the text.

5. It is not necessary to focus on hard places for a long time, it is better to

return to them at the end of the edit, when the entire text is corrected.

6. It should be critical and exacting to own edits.

7. It is necessary to make all corrections as possible with the author.

To achieve these rules (except for the latter), A. Milchin recommends the

use of two technical techniques:

1. Insert each corrected phrase from the original to find out if it has lost

something after editing.

2. Undoubtedly read every corrected phrase in the context.

Thus, it is possible to trace certain features when editing oil and gas texts,

which are very influential factors in assessing the quality of oil and gas text

editing.

II. Complete the following tasks.

1. Find an example of oil and gas text and take all the methods of selecting

individual words or parts of this text.

2. Apply all types of edits, following technical techniques.