Economic Proofreading

Who is this service for?

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The Economic Proofreading Service is the best choice for you if you would like a native English speaker to make sure your writing has no obvious mistakes that could cause it to be rejected. Ideally, your academic institution or target journal does not have especially strict language requirements, as your editor will not address advanced language issues—your work might still sound like it was written by a non-native English speaker when it is returned to you.

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What's included in this service?

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When you order the Economic Proofreading Service, your editor will revise all obvious technical errors in your work. Advanced language issues that do not affect the grammatical correctness of your document (e.g., ambiguity, repetition, wordiness) will be flagged for you to address on your own.

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Specific errors that will be fixed by your editor include:

• Spelling mistakes

• Egregious grammatical errors (e.g., incorrect subject-verb agreement)

• Incorrect choice of words

• Incorrect punctuation

• Any other obvious errors that might harm the chances of your work being accepted

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Specific errors that will be flagged by your editor for you to address include:

• Wordiness, vague phrases, generic adjectives, and other advanced language issues

• Weak, missing, or unnecessary transitional phrases

• Sentences or paragraphs that are too long

• Inconsistencies (e.g., if a term is sometimes abbreviated and sometimes spelled out)

• Any advanced issues that require full sentences to be reworded

• Sentences with incomprehensible meanings

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If you feel you need help with advanced language issues, consider upgrading to our Standard Proofreading Service.

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After your document has been proofread, you will receive two Microsoft Word documents. One document will have Word’s Track Changes feature enabled so that you can review all the changes made throughout the proofreading process. The other file will contain a clean document, allowing you to see what the finished product looks like.

Also, upon your request, you will be provided with a proofreading certificate at no extra charge.