Mary Huey Proofreading
Proofreading & Copyediting Services
I share my love of words by helping writers produce error-free content.
Polished content is confident and improves credibility with readers.
I can help you write with confidence.
Polished content is confident and improves credibility with readers.
I can help you write with confidence.
HOW I CAN HELP WITH YOUR PROJECT
Proofreading
- Correct spelling, spot missing and repeated words
- Make certain subject-verb agreement is correct
- Spot missing and misused punctuation errors, correct for proper usage of apostrophes, parentheses, quotation marks, hyphens, commas, semicolons, colons, ellipses, and periods
- Recognize and fix typos
- Correct inconsistencies with capitalization, italics, bold, and underscoring
- Review page formatting; paragraph and line-break issues
- Check titles and headings; ensure page numbers indicated in figures, indices, and tables of content are correct and consistent
Copyediting
- Review and correct sentence and paragraph structure
- Make organizational corrections in the content affecting readability
- Make certain writing has clarity and makes sense
- Review word choices, suggest changes
- Check spelling, punctuation, word usage, and grammar; verify rules as needed in style guide
- Correct layout issues and bad line or paragraph breaks
- Review for usage consistency with capitalization, numerals, dates, proper nouns, abbreviations
- Be mindful of readability
“If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.”
~ Margaret Atwood
What I Can Proofread: A Sampling
- grants and reports
- academic papers
- newsletters, press releases
- magazine and newspaper articles
- fiction (novels)
- fiction, nonfiction (essays and short stories)
- business letters, brochures, flyers, menus
- ad copy, product labels, and descriptions
- website and blog content
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About Me
I have a passion for proofreading and copyediting. I enjoy the diversity of written content, of getting to use a touch of my perfectionism, and a lifetime fondness for research.
My diverse education and background are of benefit to my clients; I am adept at proofreading content that I, too, have lived.