Smooth your writing for non native English speakers

However good your grammar and spoken English, it's all too easy for non-native English speakers to make mistakes with idiom, syntax and sometimes simple word use. Referring to dictionaries and grammar guides can lead you into using out-of-date and archaic expressions that to an English speaking audience makes your writing sound peculiar. Another problem can be the style of English - muddling US style and British English in a piece of writing is jarring to the reader.

Mistakes that people are happy to accept in general conversation can be disastrous in the written form.

In an hour I can edit up to 1,000 words, ensuring that the text reads smoothly, adheres to British or US grammar and punctuation rules (depending on your choice) and sounds totally natural to an English speaking audience. I have long experience of working with writers who have a range of different first languages, including editing academic papers and translations into English.

All edits are supplied using Word's tracking and comments features so that you are able to see precisely where the recommended changes are. I also supply a clean version of the text with all edits incorporated for ease of reading.

For longer documents, I'd be happy to provide a fixed price quote rather than an hourly rate, if that's what you prefer.