Benefits of Editing and Proofreading
It is important to understand that editing and proofreading has benefits that give you a peace of mind before submitting your final works. The debate has often been that clients felt they did not require editing and proofreading services if a friend could glean their documents and spot errors. Truth is, your friend may be well versed with grammar, but professional Editors and Proofreaders are able to spot so much more than errors in grammar and its usage thereof. What are the benefits of Editing and Proofreading, you ask? They are as follows:
- Checking of syntax and language flow to ascertain that your usage of sentences is correct and is within context.
- Editors and proofreaders ensure that your message is communicated as clearly as possible. No dubious and ambiguous language should ever be communicated with your intended audience (unless that is the main aim – but only as a rare exception).
- Checking that punctuation is placed where it should be. You wouldn’t want to have one of those awkward moments where you meant to say, ’’Let’s eat, mom’’ instead of, ’’Let’s eat mom.’’ That would be embarrassing on your part. Editors and proofreaders save you from such embarrassment.
- Checking that you are still within the subject topic and that you have not veered off course.
- For English to be portrayed with the utmost accuracy where your subject matter is concerned, it must be written as though it was written by a Native Speaker. This is where Editors and Proofreaders will assist you.
- Poor written English skills? No problem. That’s where Editors and Proofreaders come in.
- Ensuring that proper academic guidelines have been followed and that they reflect in your document.
- Spotting of spelling and grammatical errors from a mile.
- You reduce your time for checking errors in your document by handing over to Editors and Proofreaders. After all, it is said that writing is fun, but editing and proofreading isn’t. Leave it to those enthusiastic word-fanatic Editors and Proofreaders to happily render services for you.
- Let’s face it. How objective can you be with your own work that you have written and skimmed through for days on end? You need a fresh pair of eyes. You are emotionally vested in your work and will not necessarily apply objective analogies where your work is concerned. Editors and proofreaders who have a professional eye for detail and fine-tooth combing approaches to your works will look at your works objectively.
- In all academic documents lecturers often award students marks for grammar and presentation. Don’t lose out on getting high marks because of grammatical errors. Don’t lose marks because of a ‘sloppy’ presentation.
- For companies and corporations putting out advertising copy, it is imperative to present your brand in the best way possible at all times. The last thing you need is for your brand to be compromised due to poorly written copy.
- Editing and proofreading will save you costs you would have otherwise incurred trying to do damage control with grammatical errors made public that you are now trying to rectify.
- Editing and proofreading helps maintain a good reputation for you and your brand. Whether you would like to admit it or not, people notice grammatical errors. Don’t be the brand that cuts corners by not doing due diligence to your work.
- To establish credibility with your clients if you are a company/corporation by constantly producing error free content. If you are a student, you want your lecturer/supervisor to remember you by leaving a good impression through your written works.