Why Concise Writing Is So Important For Business
When you are writing anything, particularly for business purposes, it is important to write your article so that the reader knows exactly...
Why I Started Jo Swift Proofreading Services
In 2014, I started Jo Swift Proofreading Services after years of thinking about self-employment. I was so happy to stop thinking about it...
Resourcing for Content Quality Assurance
For businesses, the production of written materials is a year-round activity. Branded materials, printed collateral, web pages, internal...
Plagiarism and the (Dire) Consequences!
It’s NOT your work. You can read it, reference it, you can even directly quote passages from it, you can even share the original and its...
How to Get the Most Out of Your Proofreader
When you use the services of a proofreader or editor, it’s important to make sure that you are fully prepared to pass your work over to...
Editorial Tests: A Useful Way of Assessing Proofreaders and Editors?
Editorial tests have long been used to assess the skills and abilities of proofreaders and editors. They usually consist of passages of...
Do you think you’re good at spelling, grammar and punctuation?
Increasingly many adults and young people find it difficult to spell the easiest of words such as ‘definitely,’ or they use the wrong...
Seven Common English Errors Every Proofreader Should Look For
​1 Me, Myself and I "If you would like help with your homework, see your teacher or myself. We are more than happy to help." This is...
Top Three Tips for Proofreading Your Work
If you are a student, it's the time of year that you'll probably be thinking about starting your dissertation. You've done the research...
