Editing Services and Proofreading Services

We offer our proofreading and editing services to pursue a single, overarching objective: namely, to ensure that you're writing resonates with your readers. However, despite the fact that these services aim at the same broad goal, they focus on very different issues.

If you recruit one of our proofreaders to work on your document, they will focus on a small set of crucially important writing-related concerns. In particular, the proofreader will go through your document to remove mistakes in punctuation, grammar,and spelling, they will ensure that the piece of written work is consistent in terms of the dialect it uses. For example, in British (UK) English, certain words are spelled differently than they are in Australian (AU) or American (US) English, and your document should never contain a mixture of dialects.

In our editing services, which we commonly refer to as “heavy editing”,the editor begins by proofreading your document.Once the proofreading process is complete,the editor will then shift their focus onto other issues such as style (e.g., ensuring an academic style),editing for context (e.g., ensuring your document is tonally suited to the intended audience), structure (e.g., paragraph length), coherence (e.g., removing repetitive, rambling, or unnecessary sentences and paragraphs)with concision, (i.e., using the least number of words possible to get a certain point across). With this in mind, you will note that Professor.co.uk proofreading services are integrated into the editing process. The main difference is that the editing process goes one step further than a proofreading process.

In both of these services, it is worth recognising that you will retain complete control over your manuscript. Whenever a change is made in your document, whether by one of professional editors or one of our team’s proofreaders, Microsoft Word’s Track Changes feature will be used. You will receive one “clean” copy of the document (i.e., a version that contains no markings in Track Changes) and another “tracked” copy (i.e., a version where all the changes are clearly visible). This means that, if you want, you can have an unambiguous view of all the changes that were made, rejecting them or confirming them wherever you want to exert greater control over the process.

The guarantee that comes with all of our services is tightly connected to the single, overarching objective mentioned above: namely, to ensure that you're writing resonates with your readers. If, after receiving the“tracked” and “clean” copies of your edited or proofread document, you feel that there is more to be done to achieve this goal, get in touch and we – like all professionals operating in this industry – will do whatever is necessary to ensure you are satisfied with our work.