I am most familiar with the APA and Harvard requirements of referencing, but other styles and genres of academic writing don’t put me off.
Turnaround time is usually quick, although it is recommended that writers submit their work for editing as far in advance as possible.
Every text is different, and this only serves as a guide of what a prospective student can expect to pay. I usually look at a sample (5 randomly selected pages) of the written work before sending a final quote.
My rates are guided by surveys done by the Southern African Freelancers’ Association (SAFREA), the Alliance for Language and Media Practitioners (LAMP) and the Professional Editors’ Guild (PEG).
Basic Editing
Charges are around 0.20c per word
If you require basic proof reading and copy editing, I undertake to do the following:
- Identify and correct errors in spelling, usage, grammar, punctuation, and style
- To a certain extent (because I am not a mathematician), ascertain the mathematical accuracy of numerical material; and ensure internal consistency
- Establish and maintain accuracy and consistency in the handling and styling of headings and subheadings, tables, figures, captions, and lists
- Treat non-English terms and place names appropriately within English text.
- Use track changes to mark text for correction
- Develop a style sheet, showing the norms that I have adhered to
- Communicate (meeting or emailing) to discuss and negotiate copy-editing changes to the thesis
- Adhere to British English norms of spelling and grammar
- Ensure that there are clear, sensible connectiontion between sentences and sections of the thesis
- Ensure appropriate use of gender-specific terms according to current conventions
- Maintain consitency in spelling, grammar, punctuation and the presentation of figures and tables
- Comment and make suggestions where necessary and where there is ambiguity
- Ensure that all sources are acknowledged in the referencing style specified.
- Supply a certificate of editing should it be required (once payment has been made)
Additional services
- Cross-checking the references
- Inserting an electronic Table of Contents and Lists of Figures and Tables
Please contact me a few weeks before you require editing, so that when the time for editing comes, I will be able to commit to it fully and complete your work quickly. Before I start editing, I require a 40 to 50 percent deposit. The final charge will be determined by the total word count and length of your thesis.