Professional proofreading services

Our proofreaders will meticulously read your document to catch and fix all spelling, punctuation and grammar errors.

This final check guarantees no mistakes fall through the cracks, so you can communicate your ideas as clearly, concisely and as accurately as can be!

Prices start at $30

professional proofreading — the *perfect*
proofread.

This is for you if your work is already copyedited or your writing is almost ready to submit or present to the public, peers or clients.
All you need is a last writing check by professionally trained eyes to eliminate spelling, grammar and punctuation errors. You know the ones. They creep in no matter how many times you read & re-read your work.

specialist proofreaders Sydney — Complete your work with confidence.

Writers are often too close to their work to review it themselves. So it pays to have a specialist proof your text with fresh, objective eyes.
Think of our proofreading as the final polish on your work. No more embarrassing typos that get you noticed for the wrong reasons.
We make your writing clearer, more concise and flow better so you can submit or publish in total confidence!

What does our proofreading include?

What we do.

✓ fix spelling, grammar & punctuation errors

✓ fix inconsistencies: e.g. capitals, hyphens, numerals, abbreviations, terminology

✓ remove repetition, edit for concision

✓ adhere to your preferred style of English (UK/AUS/US) and business or academic style guides

✓ create a list of abbreviations if you need.

What you get.

✓ complete proofread via Track Changes
✓ clean copy with changes incorporated
✓ helpful comments and feedback
✓ custom style sheet + editorial report

What is not included:*
✗ style, word choice & flow improvements
✗ extensive reformatting or rewriting
✗ create table of contents, lists of figures/tables/appendices
✗ reference cross-checking and formatting

*We provide these services in our premium copyedit option.

Choose your profile.

Businesses

Proofreading for businesses and corporates includes:
reports · audits
speeches
presentations
business plans
tenders · proposals · submissions
press releases · newsletters
white papers · working papers
web content · blogs · social media
training manuals · procedures
information & fact sheets
Academic

Proofreading for academics and postdocs includes:
abstracts
journal articles
monographs
book chapters
grant proposals
research proposals
government submissions
Researcher

Proofreading for researchers includes:
monographs
reports
publications
grant proposals
research proposals
white papers
government submissions
Student

Student proofreading for university undergrads & postgrads includes:
essays
papers
PhDs
theses
PhD proposal
admission statements
literature reviews

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What our clients are saying.

‘LOVE WORDS is the Centre for Western Sydney’s preferred, go-to copyediting service. The Centre engages Abi for comprehensive edits and reviews of our major research reports and publications. Abi has copyedited a range of publications for the Centre, including the impactful ‘Paying the price: Gambling-related harm’ issues paper and our keystone report for 2023, ‘State of the Arts in Western Sydney’. The Centre for Western Sydney is Western Sydney University’s leading source of authority in its region, delivering research outputs with academic rigour and integrity. When LOVE WORDS works with us, we are confident our documents and materials are of the highest-quality standard for our communities and stakeholders. Abi is always prompt, professional and a pleasure to work with, and her recommendations and edits are thorough, detailed and insightful’.
Danielle McInness, Centre Manager, Centre for Western Sydney
‘The editors at Love Words Editing are prompt, professional and effective. They partner with me on all my projects and actively engage in conversations to help improve my writing while editing my work. And the extra time and care taken never results in higher costs, as my editors are always so efficient in their work. My manuscripts have been published in top-ranked university press and journals, thanks to Love Words Editing’s excellent proofreading and copyediting skills’.
— Dr Aim Sinpeng, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, University of Sydney
‘I submitted my dissertation last night, thank you again for your wonderful service. I have added a bit extra on the invoice—you deserve it after so much hard work!’
— Saimum Parvaz, Senior Lecturer, North-South University, Dhaka.
‘My editor at Love Words was very professional, I was amazed by their work! The turnaround on the thesis was super fast, and my emails were always answered promptly. Their English was accurate and academic. I can’t recommend them highly enough to others like me who are ESL researchers; thank you!’
— L.S., Sociology Honours Graduate, Sydney, Australia.
‘I work regularly with the team at Love Words Editing. I really appreciate their efforts, which included very helpful corrections and suggestions to improve my writing! I’ve had great success with publishing my work in high-quality journals thanks to their professionalism and accuracy in formatting and referencing’.
— Dr Ye Xue, Research Associate, University of Sydney.
‘Love Words Editing helped me copyedit my PhD thesis. As an international researcher, I needed someone to help edit my work without changing its meaning—the results were what I expected and beyond. I especially want to underscore the efficiency and timeliness of my editor's work and willingness to help me with the rush of getting everything ready before the submission deadline. Finally, communicating with them was always so fast and easy!’
— Dr Javier Recabarren Silva, Researcher in Political Economy, Universidad de Desarrollo, Chile.
‘Thank you so much for your expert editing and support throughout this textbook project. I absolutely love the formatting and structure. And I’m confident it will benefit and inspire future Year 12 students!’
Khaled Itaoui, Co-Founder & Director, Huntmaster Pty Ltd