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    Sharon Gray

    Sharon Gray

    Professional Proofreader

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    English speaking

    Professional Proofreader specialising in fiction, food, sport and business literature. I am a Welsh nanna and a certified bookworm, and I proofread other people's writing...Read moreProfessional Proofreader specialising in fiction, food, sport and business literature.

    I am a Welsh nanna and a certified bookworm, and I proofread other people's writing at home – so that I can pick up the nipper from school at 3 pm – in a smallish village in the valleys of South Wales .

    I provide a very user-friendly, unbiased proofreading service to give a final polish to your text before it flies off to impress its intended readers. I will check for grammar, spelling and punctuation errors, at the same time as looking out for layout and consistency problems. If English isn't your first language, I will also make sure the text is written idiomatically, as though it was written by a native-English speaker.

    I am an Intermediate-Level Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading, and have completed their Introduction and Headway courses. I abide by their strict Code of Practice.
    I am trained in the use of BSI editing symbols, Adobe Comment Tools and MS Word Track Changes, but I'm perfectly happy to discuss your project with you, to tailor my work to whatever suits you best.

    Before I became a proofreader, I qualified as an accounting technician and have business experience at directorship level, so I am very familiar with the vocabulary of finance. I was a finance administrator in a university for 15 years and also worked for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs for 5 years.
    I have 20 years of experience working in professional and academic sports environments (unsurprisingly, rugby union has been a focus) in administration and management roles. Working in these, sometimes high-pressured, businesses has made me adept at producing high-quality work to extremely tight deadlines.
    I've spent the last 10 years working as an interviewer for the National Centre for Social Research, one of the UK's largest social research institutions.

    I've always had a real passion for food writing, and from quite an early age my preferred bed-time reading was cookbooks.

    My specialist areas are fiction (especially crime and fantasy), food writing (see note above), financial reports, business plans, sports reports and social sciences.

    My favourite fiction genres are fantasy and sci-fi, steampunk, crime and police procedurals.

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    microsoft excelproofreadingbusiness writingfinance writingfood writingsports writingeditorialcopy editingEnglish grammarmicrosoft word +2
    microsoft word processingtext editing
    Industry expertise: Financial Services, Food, Publishing, Sport and Travel

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    Proofread a 2,000-word article
    Proofread a 2,000-word article
    $40
    • Posted: 16 Jun 2022
    • 100% Positive
    • Sold: 1
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    • 04 Jul 2022 Steven B.
      Steven B.
      Nesoddtangen, NO

      Very good work. Thank you Sharon.

    • 12 Nov 2021 Andrew M.
      Andrew M.
      Horsham, GB

      Excellent!

    Proof reading - case studies
    • Fazleenby Fazleen A.
    • Posted: 26 Aug 2021
    • 0
    • 01 Oct 2021 Fazleen A.
      Fazleen A.
      Doha, QA

      I am happy with her works and timely responses. I will continue for any future requirements

    Chapter proof reading & Editing
    • Yussufby Yussuf H.
    • Posted: 5 Jul 2021
    • 9
    • 04 Aug 2021 Yussuf H.
      Yussuf H.
      Islington, GB

      Affordable per hour fees, and a professional proofreader.

    Proofreading
    • Mauroby Mauro V.
    • Posted: 19 Apr 2021
    • 1
    • 24 Apr 2021 Mauro V.
      Mauro V.
      London, GB

      Great job!

    Proofreading a Quality Manual
    • Andrewby Andrew M.
    • Posted: 18 Mar 2021
    • 0
    • 02 Nov 2021 Andrew M.
      Andrew M.
      Horsham, GB

      Excellent work tidying up my punctuation and fixing ambiguities.

    • 21 Sep 2021 Andrew M.
      Andrew M.
      Horsham, GB

      Excellent work, as always.

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    Proofreading on 30 letters
    • Christianby Christian V.
    • Posted: 1 Feb 2021
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    • 03 Jul 2021 Christian V.
      Christian V.
      Haslev, DK

      Sharon has once again done a wonderful job

    • 04 Jun 2021 Christian V.
      Christian V.
      Haslev, DK

      Sharon has done absolutely wonderful work on the project as always

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    Documents to be proofreading.
    • Nafby Naf N.
    • Posted: 27 Jan 2021
    • 11
    • 11 Feb 2021 Naf N.
      Naf N.
      Doha, QA

      Sharon will deliver what you ask her for. very cooperative with excellent work.

    Proofreading for online book
    • Christianby Christian V.
    • Posted: 21 Dec 2020
    • 0
    • 19 Jan 2021 Christian V.
      Christian V.
      Haslev, DK

      Sharon did a wonderful job. She paid attention to the tiniest details in the texts. And it was exactly what was needed in the project. Furthermore, her helpful explanations in her queries and comments allowed me to make informed decisions. Very impressive work.

    Short text proofreading (business writing)
    • Katrinby Katrin S.
    • Posted: 15 Dec 2020
    • 0
    • 17 Dec 2020 Katrin S.
      Katrin S.
      New York City, NY, US

      Speedy and very helpful editing!

    Various documents to be reviewed
    • Chrisby Chris M.
    • Posted: 24 Nov 2020
    • 4
    • 26 Feb 2021 Chris M.
      Chris M.
      Glasgow, GB

      Fantastic as always

    • 26 Feb 2021 Chris M.
      Chris M.
      Glasgow, GB

      Fantastic work, thank you

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