copy-editing
If you need help with improving and preparing complex copy before publication then this is the service to choose.
This work should ideally be carried before typesetting or web layout takes place.
Dependent or dependant?
Adverse or averse?
Constitute or comprise?
Rein or reign?
Tortuous or torturous?
We'll make the right choice. You can count on it.
proofreading
Choose this service if you need documents or web sites checked by professionals before final publication.
Our proofreaders are all fully trained.
We will check that your text makes sense (heath and health or eternal and external will all be correct to spell-checking software, which remains unable to understand context).
We will also check the consistency of contents lists, headings and table and figure citations as well as examine your material for duplications and omissions.
Are you happy for that important report to say ruining the economy rather than running the economy? Did you inadvertently say that someone was complacent instead of complaisant?
Clients who use this service are often shocked by what we discover (but also extremely pleased that it isn't too late to put matters right).
Proofreading is highly skilled work – it takes much more than the ability to spell in order to wield a red pen properly.