Proofreading and copy-editing
I specialise in
plain-language editing, documents for businesses and charities, thesis and
dissertation proofreading, and non-native English. Before becoming a freelance
editor I worked for five years in academia, and 9 years in complex
administration work.
I work on a range of different documents with
businesses, charities, public-sector organisations, students and fiction
authors. Recent projects include proofreading literature such as Miss Darcy’s
Beaux for author Eliza Shearer.
Please get in touch
to have a chat about how I can help with your project.
Testimonials
Theses
I really enjoyed reading your comments, they are really reflexive and helpful of couse. Thank you so much. I definately will introduce you to my friends who need proof-reading. Don't feel surprised may be one day you will recieve emails from scholars in China.
(Tong Xiyan, Sociology, University of Warwick)
(Reva Yunus, Sociology, University of Warwick)
Journal articles
As a non-native English speaker, I wanted to benefit from a reviewing of a scientific article. I am very satisfied with this editing service and find the manuscript much improved. Emma added a lot of comments and suggestions (alongside grammatical and lexical corrections) which helped to improve the readability of the text without altering its scientific meaning. The processing of the order was very fast (a few days before sending back the reviewed manuscript). Therefore, I recommend this serious editing service.
(Corentin Iltis, Universite de Bourgogne)
Testimonials
Theses
I really enjoyed reading your comments, they are really reflexive and helpful of couse. Thank you so much. I definately will introduce you to my friends who need proof-reading. Don't feel surprised may be one day you will recieve emails from scholars in China.
(Tong Xiyan, Sociology, University of Warwick)
Emma worked in a time-bound manner and provided detailed and
relevant feedback on my chapters. Her attention to detail was amazing
throughout. In addition to taking care of my punctuation and typos Emma offered
ideas for alternate terminology and paragraph/sentence structure to improve the
flow of the text and make it read better. In all this she always kept in my
mind the fact that I might be using technology specific to my field (Sociology
of Education) and context of research (an Indian govt. school) and I really
appreciated her approach. She meticulously pointed out all the
terms/expressions with which my external – a British scholar – might also not
be familiar (or when I had not introduced/explained an acronym/technical term
in the right place).
Most importantly, it was very reassuring to have my work
proofread by someone who was familiar with the requirements of a thesis like,
in-text citation formats and use of acronyms. I also trusted her to keep
herself updated on latest changes. She also granted my request to highlight
segments where sentences were too long and/or their length made them unclear. Finally,
since she is a published author and herself has a doctorate I was delighted
when she wrote encouraging and appreciate remarks on my research and writing!
It really helped my confidence close to my submission deadline to know that she
enjoyed reading my thesis. I am very happy to recommend her to others who need
theses or journal articles proofread.
(Reva Yunus, Sociology, University of Warwick)
Journal articles
As a non-native English speaker, I wanted to benefit from a reviewing of a scientific article. I am very satisfied with this editing service and find the manuscript much improved. Emma added a lot of comments and suggestions (alongside grammatical and lexical corrections) which helped to improve the readability of the text without altering its scientific meaning. The processing of the order was very fast (a few days before sending back the reviewed manuscript). Therefore, I recommend this serious editing service.
(Corentin Iltis, Universite de Bourgogne)
Dr Emma's Qualifications
Sociology PhD (Warwick University), Writing MA (St Andrews University), proofreading and editorial skills (Chapterhouse Publishers), interdisciplinary
academic writing course (ESRC North-East Doctoral Training Centre, Durham
University), social sciences postgraduate writing workshop (Monash University,
Prato, Italy).
Author of three books: Temptation & Mozzarella, Seascape and Shattered Roses.
In addition, I have run writing workshops at Warwick University, Exeter
University, Huntercombe Hospital and Scottish Widows. You can check out my
other qualifications at LinkedIn.
Fees
Because each project is different, I will agree the price with you
individually. My price is based on how complex the document is, how
long it is and how urgently you need me to return it. To quote an exact price I ask for what you would like to be checked in the
document, the word limit, deadline (very important!) and a writing sample.
Please get in touch to have a
chat about how I can help with your project. Send all queries to emmalparfitt@gmail.com
with PROOFREADING in the subject line.
Proofreading
The most basic form of editing, a Proofread will see us correcting
commonplace errors in your manuscript, in regards to grammatical mistakes and
punctuational mishaps.
Copy-editing
If you want a little bit more than a basic proofread, but not a
substantive review of your entire manuscript. In addition to correcting
grammatical and punctuational errors, a copy-edit will review your manuscript
for continuity errors and will ensure consistency of formatting. Awkward
sentences will be brought to your attention, and suggestions provided to
rewrite weak, confusing or convoluted segments in your manuscript.
- Editing for punctuation & grammar
- Editing for continuity & consistency
- Editing for complicated syntax & style
Thesis
proofreading
Universities have guidelines on what cannot be altered, such as the argument of the thesis which should be the researcher's own thoughts, so please check your institutions guidelines allow proofreading.
- Checking spelling
- Editing non-native English
- Editing structure sentence-native to improve grammar (not re-writing the argument)
- Consistency of style e.g. use of italics for book titles
- Highlighting ambiguities (unclear meaning) and monotonous repetition
Please get in touch to have a
chat about how I can help with your project. Send all queries to emmalparfitt@gmail.com
with PROOFREADING in the subject line please.
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