Why external proofreading is better

An independent proofreader sees what you miss, and improves your writing — not because you write badly, but because of the subjective bias every writer has with their own work. The developer of this site wrote the content, then had someone else pull it apart before rewriting it. That 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. We retain 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 R550.00 per hour, and if possible, an 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 R11 000.00, based on 20 hours proofreading and editing.