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Example result
Proofreading: annual report of a community garden association
Before and after (excerpt)
Before:
This year the garden welcomed 23 new members, and our waiting list have grown to 41 familys. Thanks to a council grant of £2,400 we replaced the old shed, it's roof had been leaking since 2023. Volunteers put in over 1.200 hours, a new record! The composting area was moved behind plot 14, which means the paths along plots 12-16 is now clear for wheelchairs. Special thanks goes to Margret Hale who organised the Spring Plant sale.
After:
This year the garden welcomed 23 new members, and our waiting list has grown to 41 families. Thanks to a council grant of £2,400, we replaced the old shed; its roof had been leaking since 2023. Volunteers put in over 1,200 hours, a new record! The composting area was moved behind plot 14, which means the paths along plots 12–16 are now clear for wheelchairs. Special thanks go to Margaret Hale, who organised the spring plant sale.
List of changes (excerpt)
| # | Paragraph | Was | Now | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | waiting list have grown | waiting list has grown | Grammar: agreement |
| 2 | 2 | familys | families | Spelling |
| 3 | 2 | grant of £2,400 we | grant of £2,400, we | Punctuation |
| 4 | 2 | shed, it's roof | shed; its roof | Punctuation; its/it's |
| 5 | 2 | 1.200 hours | 1,200 hours | Number format |
| 6 | 2 | plots 12-16 is | plots 12–16 are | Dash in range; agreement |
| 7 | 2 | thanks goes | thanks go | Grammar |
| 8 | 2 | Margret Hale | Margaret Hale | Name: spelled "Margaret" on p. 1 and p. 4 |
| 9 | 2 | Spring Plant sale | spring plant sale | Capitalisation, as elsewhere in the report |
Consistency check across the whole report
- Names: "Margaret Hale" (4 times), "Tom Okoye" (3), "Priya Shah" (2), all now spelled the same way everywhere
- Organisation name: "Elm Street Community Garden" used in full the first time, then "the garden"; 3 cases of "Elm St. Garden" changed
- Spelling: British throughout ("organised", "colour", "programme"); 7 American forms changed
- Numbers: thousands with a comma, ranges with an en dash; amounts checked against the finance table on page 5, all match
Not changed (for you to decide)
- Paragraph 6 says "nearly 50 volunteers"; the table on page 5 lists 46. Both can be correct, so we left the wording.
- "Potluck" appears both with and without a hyphen in quotes from members; quotes were kept as written.
Total: 2,684 words checked, 57 corrections.
Client: Elm Street Community Garden, a volunteer-run association with 80 members Text: the 2,700-word annual report for members and the local council Brief: fix errors only, keep the friendly voice; use British spelling; plot numbers and amounts must stay exactly as given
The client and all details are made up.
About this service
We proofread texts in Portuguese or Italian: spelling, grammar, punctuation, accents and typos, keeping your style untouched. For Portuguese we stick to the variant you write in, Brazilian or European, and follow the 1990 spelling agreement; for Italian we check the details that trip writers up, such as accent direction, apostrophes and article forms.
What is included
- What you getThe corrected text and a list of changes made, as text you can paste or download.
- Variant keptBrazilian or European Portuguese
- Accents and apostrophesè vs é, perché, un'amica
- Grammar and agreementGender, number and verb forms
- ConsistencyNames, numbers, terms and formats
- List of changesWhat was changed and why
How it works
- 1BriefYou send the text and language variant
- 2ProofreadingWe correct errors in your variant
- 3DeliveryYou get the clean text and changes
What we need from you
The text (pasted into the brief, or a photo or scan of it), whether it is Portuguese or Italian, the variant for Portuguese, who it is for and any style rules you follow. Documents can also be attached as PDF, Word or Excel files.
We will ask you:
- Is the text in Portuguese or Italian?
- For Portuguese, Brazil or Portugal?
- What is the text for?
- Do you follow a style guide?
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| Packages | BasicUp to 1,000 words$10 | StandardUp to 3,000 words$20 | PremiumUp to 7,000 words$39 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deadline | 1 day | 2 days | 3 days |
| Revisions | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Length | up to 1,000 words | up to 3,000 words | up to 7,000 words |
| List of changes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Payment protection
You pay when you order, but the money is released only for accepted work.
- Fixed priceThe package price does not change after you pay.
- The money is reservedWhen you pay, the amount is only reserved. It is released to the service once you accept the work.
- Checked before deliveryEvery result goes through a quality check before it reaches you, and you see it on the order page before accepting it.
- Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
- Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
- Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
Questions and answers
Will you change Brazilian words to European Portuguese?
No. We keep your variant and only fix places where the two are mixed, such as você and tu forms in one text.
Can you proofread a text translated from English?
Yes. We fix errors and flag calques that sound unnatural, with a suggested fix in the list of changes.
Do you rewrite sentences?
No, proofreading fixes errors only. For a reworked text, choose a rewriting service.