NCL Proofreading Services

Proofreading Service

Proofreading involves correcting the spelling, grammar and punctuation of a document. It also includes checking the overall formatting and layout. The actual written content remains your responsibility, but we will suggest changes to improve your language usage.

For details of how to use the proofreading service, see Proofreading Services: How it Works.

Editing Service

Editing is a more intensive service that involves more than proofreading. It means suggesting more effective ways of expressing your ideas, and reworking your sentences to make them clearer and more concise. Editing therefore includes proofreading, but also means providing creative improvements in wording and style.

If English is your second language, then it is highly recommended that you use the editing service. Having your work edited will not only eliminate errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation – it will also highlight any ambiguities in your argument and help make your work coherent and totally comprehensible.

For details of how to use the editing service, see Proofreading Services: How it Works.

Methodology

The proofreading and editing services include offering constructive comments, where appropriate, on your overall style and argumentation. Neither service involves ghost-writing or substantial rewriting. This is so that your work may remain authentically your own. NCL Proofreading Services concerns itself with language issues, but you must produce your own content. The emphasis in the proofreading service is on identifying deficiencies, whilst the editing service eliminates rambling and preserves your unique ‘voice’. So please regard these services as useful tools to help sharpen the form of your writing, but don’t expect the content of your argument to be rewritten. Guidance on writing an essay argument can be seen in the ‘Thesis help’ resources section.