Our editors ensure that your English writing is understandable and free of grammatical and spelling errors. We offer two levels of editing service, Basic and Premium. Basic service is recommended for both native and non-native English speakers while Premium service is recommended mostly for non-native English speakers.

Basic Service

This service is recommended for both native and non-native English speakers. Our editors will find and correct errors and inconsistencies in the following areas of your documents:

Grammatical errors include such things as using an incorrect pronoun (e.g. me, I), incorrect verb form (e.g. he has went), inconsistent tenses (e.g. changing from present to past to future inappropriately), and inappropriate adjective or adverb (e.g. quick, quickly) as well as other errors.

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Spelling errors include errors not found by most spell-check computer systems. Computer spell-checkers are very useful but they only check to see if words are contained in the spell-checker's dictionary. These spell-checkers do not check to see if the correct word is used in the sentence. For example, many words may be spelled correctly but be incorrect in a given context. Some examples are for/four/fore, whole/hole, your/you're, and ever/every. Other words may require capitalization in some contexts but not in others. Some examples of incorrect capitalization are the white house/White House, and the depression/Depression. Most computer spell-checkers don't catch these errors, but our English experts do.

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Punctuation errors include misuse of any punctuation mark. For example, it is usually correct to place a question mark inside a quotation mark "like this?" but occasionally the reverse "like this"? is correct. Our editors will check your punctuation to be sure it is correct.

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Document formatting errors often occur when multiple formatting styles are used in a document. For example, in a document with multiple sections and subsections, each section should be formatted in the same way as every other section at the same level. Headings at a particular level should be formatted exactly like every other heading at the same level. Our editors will find and correct any inconsistencies in your document formatting.

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Premium Service

This service is highly recommended for non-native English speakers. This service includes all the editing services available in Basic and also includes an additional service to ensure that a document is understandable by native English speakers.

Because of differences in the way languages are structured and differences in culture, speakers of different languages construct their thoughts and sentences differently than speakers of other languages. Therefore, ideas and descriptions that make sense in one language can be incomprehensible when translated into another language. In addition, sometimes non-native speakers choose uncommon or confusing words to use in their English writing. All of this means that a document may be grammatically correct, have every word spelled correctly, have all punctuation done perfectly, be formatted beautifully but still be incomprehensible to a native speaker!

It is for these reasons that we offer our Premium editing service. Our editors will review your documents to make sure that they are written in clear and understandable English. We will work with you to eliminate confusion due to writing style or word choice.

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Weekly Idiom: January 2, 2009
to jump the gun

Definition:
to do something too soon

Example:
He jumped the gun and told her about our plans before we had finalized them.

Explanation:
He told her about our plans before we were ready. He should have waited until the plans were final to be sure the plans would not change.

Weekly Phrasal Verb: January 2, 2009
to jump in

Definition:
to get involved in something quickly

Example:
Please jump in if you have something to add to our discussion.

Explanation:
Please just begin speaking if you have something to add to our discussion. Don’t worry about interrupting us.

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