Proofreading your own content just does not work
As the title indicates, proofreading your own content does not work. As the writer of the content, you are too subjectively connected with the content to objectively evaluate how the content is written. You simply do not see your own mistakes and often the way you think of the information is the way you write it. This is a huge mistake. As a content writer myself, I never proofread my own work but instead give it to another proofreader.
Why external proofreading is better
You simply do not see your own mistakes and often the way you think of the information is the way you write it. This is a huge mistake. As content writers ourselves, we never proofread our own work but instead give it to another proofreader.
An independent proofreader sees the mistakes that you do not, and will improve your own writing. This is not because you are a bad writer, but simply because of the reasons mentioned. The web developer of this site wrote the content, and then asked someone else to look at it, rip it apart, and then he rewrote it. This is how it should be.
Areas where we have done proofreading work
Before you submit your university assignment, dissertation, or business contract, let us look at it and protect you from the negative consequences that errors can have. We have completed several proofreading assignments for individuals and government entities in the Sultanate of Oman (British English); dissertations for post-graduate students in Bahrain and Malaysia (American English); South Africa (British English); and the United Arab Emirates (American English).
How we go about it
We will proofread your documents, make corrections, and show these using MS Word's review, tracking, and comments option. This way, you can see how we looked at the document and the corrections we made, while keeping the original content should we need to revert to it. We will:
- proofread the entire document for grammatical, spelling, and contextual errors;
- correct layout problems such as page size and layout, Table of Contents, Table of Authorities, Table of Figures, Bibliography (client to confirm the bibliography style used and required), and Index; and
- show all changes using MS Word's Review, Comment, and Markup functions.
Cost
We charge a flat rate of R500.00 per hour, and if possible, and estimate will be given to the client before work commences. We do not charge per page as individual page content across the span of a typical dissertation differs substantially. A typical 150-page dissertation will cost around R10 000.00, based on 20 hours proofreading and editing.