Carrette Editing

Proofreading and Editing Services

My services can give you a professional finish and the confidence that your text is ready for the outside world.

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Publishers, businesses, organisations, independent authors

Proofreading

A final quality check for documents almost ready to be published

eg books, research reports, business content

Checking for:

  • Grammar, punctuation and spelling errors
  • Consistent layout and everything in the right place
  • Compliance with house style


    Using Word ‘track changes’, PDF mark-up or BSI symbols

Editing

Checking and polishing draft documents

eg reports, blogs, training materials, marketing materials, user guides

To see how proofreading services can help businesses and organisations, please have a look at my Businesses & Organisations page.

Editing for:

  • Grammar, punctuation and spelling
  • Consistency
  • Repetition or missing information
  • Overlong or ambiguous sentences
  • Appropriate style and level for your audience
  • Compliance with the style guide (if there is one) or creating a style sheet to keep things consistent in future
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Businesses, organisations, independent authors and higher education institutions

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Editing to UK English

Ensuring that your text sounds like natural UK English

For writers whose:

  • first language isn’t English
  • first language is another form of English e.g. American English
  • material has been translated into English from another language

Editing for:

  • Grammar, spelling, punctuation
  • Consistency
  • Natural UK English
  • Correct word use
  • Sentences that may be misunderstood
  • Phrases and words that may have unintended meanings in UK English

The level of editing is up to you.

Some authors like their work editing for errors and clarity, but want to keep their own writing style as much as possible e.g. blog and article writers.

Others may be writing in a business context and are happy for me to edit as much as necessary so that their text reads like natural UK English.

N.B. I’m sorry but I don’t work on student theses or dissertations. 

Editing Web Content

Improving your content so potential clients don't click away from your site

Refresh existing text, get new content ready or adapt print content for your website 

People tend to read more slowly when they use websites and are often trying to find answers quickly. As well as being clear and free of errors, your web content needs to be easier to skim read and absorb compared to other types of text.

I can help make your web content:
  • less wordy, with shorter sentences and paragraphs
  • easier to navigate, with clear headings and descriptive links
  • more digestible, with key information up front
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Businesses, third-sector and
public-sector organisations,
higher education institutions

Get in Touch

Please send me an email if you would like to ask me a question, or tell me about your project and get a free, no-obligation, quote.
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