Frequently Asked Questions

Copyediting is the process that ensures a copy is correct, clear, accurate, and consistent. Depending on the scope of the project, the process may involve adjusting the author’s writing style, revising a text and formatting, rewriting or suggesting the rewriting of a section, and suggesting how the voice of a text can be improved. To achieve consistency, the process relies on a style guide and a brief.

Anyone can need the help of a copyeditor as the process is as important for professional documents as it is for business writing or academic documents. Clients requiring regular professional editing services include professionals, universities, colleges, students, publishers, and businesses.

A proofreader corrects things that are wrong. They make their rulings based on the clients’ brief, style guide, dictionary, an online reliable source, or a grammar book.

A copyeditor doesn’t only proofread but may also adjust the writing style, revise a text and formatting, rewrite or suggest the rewriting of a section, and suggest how the voice of a text can be improved. They make or suggest changes in line with the clients’ brief and style guide.

Copyediting a document can take a few minutes, an hour, days, weeks, or even months. Much will depend on the scope of the work as well as the length of the document.

However, we’re happy to discuss your preferred deadline so we can come to an agreement that works for all parties concerned. Know that we always work to the deadlines we agree upon in order to help our clients meet their own deadlines.

We’ve a trained and highly skilled editing team that can provide a light, medium or heavy editing service. Go to our services page to learn more about each editing service we offer.

We help clients with many different types of documents, including professional, business, and academic content. Whether you need our professional editing services for your website, resume or press release, we’re happy to help.