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All sorts of problems can easily creep in: typos, misplaced commas, awkward phrasing, repetition, wording that doesn’t suit your audience, and so on.
You can’t rely on yourself to check your work, even if you have a good command of English. You’ll be too familiar with it, and you’ll ‘see’ what you expect to see – which might not be what’s actually there. The meaning will be clear to you, because you wrote it. But will it be just as clear to your readers?
A computer spell-checker will help, but can only do so much. It can’t check that you’re using the right words, or that your meaning will be obvious to your readers. It also doesn’t have the common sense to decide when to leave something as it is. This isn’t an exact science: even if something follows an established ‘rule’, it isn’t necessarily the best choice, and human judgement has a big role to play.
To get your material checked reliably, you need a trained professional – someone with a fresh pair of eyes and a knack for spotting errors, inconsistencies, poor wording and other problems. This is where I can help.
You can’t rely on yourself to check your work, even if you have a good command of English. You’ll be too familiar with it, and you’ll ‘see’ what you expect to see – which might not be what’s actually there. The meaning will be clear to you, because you wrote it. But will it be just as clear to your readers?
A computer spell-checker will help, but can only do so much. It can’t check that you’re using the right words, or that your meaning will be obvious to your readers. It also doesn’t have the common sense to decide when to leave something as it is. This isn’t an exact science: even if something follows an established ‘rule’, it isn’t necessarily the best choice, and human judgement has a big role to play.
To get your material checked reliably, you need a trained professional – someone with a fresh pair of eyes and a knack for spotting errors, inconsistencies, poor wording and other problems. This is where I can help.
If you’re representing a publishing company or other business, please take a look at the relevant page to learn more about how I can help you.
I can also edit or proofread for other kinds of customers – please get in touch about what you need, and let’s see what I can do for you.
I can also edit or proofread for other kinds of customers – please get in touch about what you need, and let’s see what I can do for you.
