So what do I do with your document?
All documents get:
- Spellcheck, for US or UK
- Fixing typos and other things missed by spellcheckers (e.g. from/form, its/it’s)
- Grammar (tense, verb agreement, correct English)
- Sentence structure (word order, use of articles, use of commas — these are often a challenge for foreign writers)
- Consistency in style (hyphenation, quote marks, use of ise/ize, serial commas, heading case, use of caps, fonts, line spacing, indenting…)
- [Optional] Adherence to a specific house style
Academic documents also get (on request):
- Citation format consistency
- Reference format consistency and conformance with standard (Harvard, APA, Vancouver)
- Citation/Reference matching
- Passive voice conversion
Any documents can have (on request):
- Comments / corrections on phrasing, voice, flow
- Comments on logic, argument, clarity*
Anything that is ambiguous will be marked with a comment, not changed, so you can decide what to do.
*Excluding academic coursework