Academic Editing & Proofreading
Choose a final error check or a closer edit of sentence clarity, flow and academic language.
Editing $9 per 300 words · Proofreading $6 per 300 words
Prices in USD. Turnaround is confirmed with your quote.
Is this the right service for you?
An existing thesis chapter, dissertation, paper or manuscript. Proofreading suits a stable final draft; academic editing suits prose that needs clearer sentences, flow or consistency. A draft that needs its argument developed belongs with writing development and revision.
What this can cover
- Correct spelling, grammar and punctuation in a settled draft
- Improve sentence clarity, paragraph flow and terminology
- Refine repetitive, awkward or overly mechanical language
- Flag uncertain meaning for you to resolve
Choose the depth your draft needs
- Proofreading: $6 per 300 words, $30 minimum. Final spelling, grammar, punctuation and consistency checks.
- Academic editing: $9 per 300 words, $45 minimum. Language, clarity, flow and terminology in your existing draft.
- Deeper development and revision: from $15 per 300 words, $75 minimum. Work on paragraph structure and expression using your ideas and evidence.
Natural academic language & clarity editing
Improve repetitive, awkward, overly mechanical or unnatural academic prose while preserving the intended meaning, evidence and academic voice. This capability is part of editing, priced at the relevant $9–15 per 300 words depth, with the applicable minimum confirmed in your quote.
Where wording is ambiguous, we ask you to clarify before changing the claim. If your draft includes AI-assisted text, tell us about the assistance used and the institutional or journal rules that apply. We focus on language quality and transparent authorship, with no promise about detector scores.
What you can expect to receive
- Proposed language corrections or edits in an agreed reviewable format
- Author queries where a claim, result or intended meaning is unclear
- A brief summary of recurring issues and any agreed consistency checks
The quote confirms the specific deliverables and review format. See a clearly labelled synthetic demonstration.
Prepare a useful enquiry
- State whether you need a final check or a deeper language edit.
- Give the approximate word count, draft stage and preferred English convention.
- Mention the reference style and relevant institutional or journal editing rules.
Support for your own work
Editing preserves your intended meaning and authorship. We query uncertain claims instead of inventing explanations. Reference-format checks are not independent verification of every source; language editing does not validate the study. For assessed work, the scope must fit your institution’s rules.
You review, adapt and finalise the work. Tell us the relevant institution or journal requirements so we can agree an appropriate scope before starting.
Questions about this service
What does the starting price include?
The price covers the agreed intervention, not every possible task associated with the document. We confirm the sections, word count or project deliverables and total in the quote. Any further work needs an agreed scope.
How do deadlines and follow-up revisions work?
Turnaround is confirmed with your quote. Tell us your deadline and the feedback you expect to need; the quote will specify the follow-up included and any additional work. No fixed deadline or unlimited revision package is assumed.
Should I send my document now?
Start with a brief description. Do not include manuscript text, participant information, confidential feedback or raw datasets in the initial enquiry. If material is needed to scope the work, agree an appropriate way to share it.