I offer copyediting and proofreading services for academic papers and blogs. These services are designed for non-native English speakers as well as English speakers looking for publication.

Copy-editing services include the following checks and corrections:

Language Corrections

Sentence construction, academic word choice, clarity, parallelism, tone, active and passive voices, redundancy

Grammar Corrections

Article usage, subject-verb agreement, spellings, verb tenses, prepositions, compound nouns, modifiers, relative clauses

Punctuation Corrections 

Commas, colons, semicolons, dashes, quotation marks, apostrophes

Writing Style Corrections

Capitalization, hyphenation, headings, numbering style, abbreviations, American/British English

References Corrections

Consistent citation style, consistent end-list reference style, cross-referencing between main text and end list

Figures and Tables 

Data consistency, cross-referencing between text and figures/tables

Manuscript Format Check

As per the journal guidelines and instructions; writing style guides (APA, MLA, and CMOS)

Technical Accuracy Check 

Technical word choice; subject-specific nomenclature; appropriate units of measurement, symbols, and variables

Proofreading services include the following checks and corrections:

Spelling, punctuation, and grammar

Style consistency

Typo errors 

Fact checking if required

Overall consistency throughout the document of fonts, pagination, line spacing, and numbers relating to references, contents and diagram lists etc.

It does not include copy-editing (If a sentence is not grammatically correct, it will not be modified for stylistic reasons).