This is what the AdvanceEdit service provides:
- A thorough proofread for spelling and grammatical errors
- Editing at clause level where style can be improved
For example: a sentence might be grammatically correct but too long, or too ornamental in its phrasing.
If you are a non-native speaker of English, you might find that your work needs this kind of correction to help it capture the English idiom – that is, help it sound natural, unlaboured: like it was written by a native speaker. - More substantial editing where required
For example: structural rearrangement if there is repetition or digression in your argument, or perhaps some rewriting where points could be better put.
Plus: help with the small things
- Checking/help with creation of header, footer, preliminary and end matter
Is your bibliography complete and correctly set out? Have you compiled a table of contents? What about appendices? Don’t be caught without these necessary elements simply because you are in a rush to get your work done: you will lose marks. - Text formatting for a professional layout
Are your chapter headings and subheadings uniformly formatted throughout? Are your footnotes correctly paginated? Is there always the same amount of space between a heading and the text that follows? Have you followed the layout guidelines given by your college/publisher? Attention to such detail might not seem so important, but a professional-looking document immediately commands more authority than a scrappy-looking one.
But remember, it’s your work
This means two things.
First, because of the way the edited text is returned to you, you are able to see every change that has been made, and accept or reject that change in the final document, as you think fit. So, you are still in control.
Second, your research is not done for you. There are many hire-a-thesis sites around for those who want this kind of thing. The rewriting element of the edit does not constitute a writing service, but is intended to improve, where necessary, on work already done. The aim is to help those who have a certain degree of competency in English achieve more, and push those who already write well enough to gold standard.