Compare Editing Services

  
      Service
      Copy Editing
      Line/Substantive Editing
    

  
      Grammar and syntax
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      Punctuation and spelling
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      Style and manuscript guidelines
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      Word reduction/jargon/omissions
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      ✔
    

      References and in-text citations
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      ✔
    

      Numbers
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      ✔
    

      Abbreviations and acronyms; capitalization
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      Pagination
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      Tense
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      Fonts
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      Homonyms
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      Clarity
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      Word choice/usage
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      ✔
    

      Point of view
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      Redundancy
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      Idioms and clichés
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      Focus, flow, pace and tone
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      Organization
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      Transitions
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      Sequence and development
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