Services
Proofreading
Final polish. Zero voice changes.
I correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, typos, and formatting issues while preserving your wording, style, and content. Your text comes back clean, consistent, and ready for submission or publication.
What’s included
Grammar, spelling & punctuation
Corrections to errors and typos, including careful treatment of commas, quotation marks, dashes, and other punctuation details.
Consistency fixes
Checks for consistent UK, US, or other English style throughout, as well as capitalisation, hyphenation, numerals, repeated words, and similar style points.
Light formatting tidy-up
Minor adjustments to paragraphing, spacing, layout, and other obvious presentation issues.
Deliverables
Tracked changes
All changes visible in red so you can review every edit.
Notes
Short summary of recurring issues, if useful.
Delivery
Revised PDF plus a Word/Pages document with tracked changes.
Best for
Proofreading is ideal when your text is complete and structurally stable, but needs a final check for spelling, grammar, punctuation, consistency, and presentation before delivery, submission, or publication.
- Academic work
- Creative writing
- Business documents
Managing expectations
Understanding the boundaries of proofreading.
No style rewriting
Proofreading does not include rewriting sentences for style, tone, flow, or expression.
No structural editing
I do not reorder sections, develop arguments, or make broader changes to organisation or content.
No fact-checking
Fact-checking, citation verification, and checking names, dates, titles, or sources are not included.
Understanding Proofreading
What proofreading covers, and when it is the right level of support.
Ready for a final polish before submission?
Send me a few details and I’ll be in touch.