Proofreading

At the proofreading level, your document will be checked for spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors, with the editor working through the whole document twice to resolve all typographic issues. This service is recommended for authors who feel confident about their English language usage, but would like a second pair of eyes to review their manuscript without making any fundamental changes to either their syntax or writing style.

• Removes typographic errors ✔
• Repairs spelling, grammar and punctuation ✔
• Ensures consistency of abbreviations ✔
• Adjusts in-text and final references (if applicable) ✔
• Reviews and adjusts table and figure captions ✔
• Revision of changes due to comments ✔

Editing

At the editing level, your document will not only be proofread for inaccuracies in spelling, punctuation and grammar, but will also be developed from a style and readability perspective. Therefore, repeated terms will be substituted with suitable synonyms, sentences will be combined or rephrased where appropriate, and the overall written standard of the document will be enhanced to the level of a native English reader’s expectations.

• Removes typographic errors ✔
• Repairs spelling, grammar and punctuation ✔
• Ensures consistency of abbreviations ✔
• Adjusts in-text and final references (if applicable) ✔
• Reviews and adjusts table and figure captions ✔
• Revision of changes due to comments ✔
• Enhances sentence structure and syntax ✔
• Inserts more appropriate vocabulary ✔
• Replaces repeated words with direct synonyms ✔
• Additional comments on content and style ✔

Version 1: the markup

The first document contains all the changes marked in blue font style. Therefore, you can review and keep a record of all the edits made to the original document.

Version 2: the clean copy

The second version is the clean copy where all the edits have been accepted. Therefore, you will only need to check the comments and take action where necessary.