PROOFREADING SERVICES

Proofreading basically entails painstakingly going through a document for the purpose of correcting a wide range of errors. A cross section of such errors include typographical errors (typos), spelling errors, grammatical errors, punctuation errors, wrong use of capitalization, wrong use of italicization, wrong use of foreign words and the use of meaningless phrases.

Formulas and other technical write-ups are assumed to be accurate and will not be edited.

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COPY-EDITING SERVICES

Copyediting goes beyond proofreading. In addition to correcting the errors which proofreaders look out for, the editor will also look for and correct other errors. A number of such errors are explained below:

·         Inconsistent reporting

Take a look at this sentence: ‘The average height of the first group (1.4m) was more than the average height of the second group.’ The average height of the second group was not given making the report inconsistent.

·         Inconsistent sentences

Take a look at this sentence: ‘There were five people in the house, namely, Mr. Johnson, Dr. Nelzine, Ms. Nikky and Prof. Thompson.’ The author stated that there were five people but went ahead to mention only four.

·         Formatting errors: The format of a write-up refers to its general outlook; formatting errors include inconsistency in spacing, fonts and paragraphs. Others are the wrong alignment of topics and other components of the write-up.

JOURNAL SPECIFIC
EDITING

In addition to proofreading and copyediting, journal specific editing entails editing a manuscript in accordance with the style guide (authors’ guidelines) of the journal the author intends to submit his manuscript to. A journal’s style guide spells out specific requirements which must be adhered to by the author. Examples of such requirements include whether the journal prefers UK or US English and their referencing style.

SAMPLE PROOFREADING

We offer free proofreading service for short manuscripts of not more than 2000 words to first time clients who wish to test the quality of our service.