<p>This is not a homework question. I’ve been asked to proofread/edit a research paper for submission to a scientific journal, and I’m not sure of the most efficient way to make a certain correction. There is a particular mistake that is made consistently throughout the paper; I want to say something like:</p>
<p>mistake correction; and make the same correction throughout the paper</p>
<p>How would an editor write this? I’m pretty sure I’ve seen an elegant way to do this. Another example: in a quote where something is consistently misspelled, could the editor write (sic) for the first instance and then something like ff. to indicate that the same mistake is made throughout?</p>
<p>Thanks for any input.</p>