Copy Editing

Copy Editing is all about ensuring the clarity and readability of your text. Basically, I get all up in the face of the mechanics of your writing and do a deep clean.

That said, you don’t need to worry. Your writing style and voice are safe with me. I’m committed to preserving the characteristics that make your writing unique.

Here’s what you’ll get with this service:

• fix spelling, punctuation, and capitalization mistakes

• implement consistency in style, hyphenation, typography, and basic formatting

• address misplaced modifiers and subject-verb disagreements

• correct usage errors (affect vs. effect)

• flag redundancies, ambiguity, and lapses in continuity

• identify mondegreens (word or phrase that results from mishearing or misinterpreting a statement or song lyrics),

• pinpoint malapropisms (the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, “dance a flamingo” instead of “dance a flamenco”)

• fix eggcorns (a word or phrase that results from an element of the original being substituted for one that sounds very similar or identical, “tow the line” instead of “toe the line”).

• understand the difference between grammar rules and style— and when to ignore them