Terms of Service

Terms of Service – Proofreading Agreement

By paying, you agree to the following:

  • The proofreader corrects and ensures consistency of spelling (British or American English, depending on the choice specified above in the Format section), grammar, and punctuation.
  • The proofreader also reviews and ensures consistency in the format of sub-headings, bibliographical references, tables, figures, and other structural elements of your document.

Style and formatting:

  • If no style guide is provided, we correct references according to the style that is most prevalent in the document to maintain continuity.
  • We do not reduce documents to fit within a specific word limit.
  • We do not change the referencing format (for example, from in-text citations to footnotes or numbered references).

Proofreading method:

Your document is proofread using the ‘Track Changes’ function in Microsoft Word. This standard feature allows you to:

  • Review every modification easily and move between changes.
  • Accept or reject individual edits made by the proofreader.
  • View comments, suggestions, and corrections clearly displayed in the right-hand margin.

Files you will receive:

When proofreading is complete, we will return two files to you:

  • Tracked version: includes all corrections, comments, and changes (yourfilename_tracked_version.docx).
  • Clean version: a fully proofread document with all changes accepted (yourfilename_clean_version.docx).

Example files:

Andre_Carpenter_02072024_tracked_version  and  Andre_Carpenter_02072024_clean_version