In this modern information age, you might find yourself believing that grammar and punctuation are not as important as they once were. With "LOL" and "ROFL" at every corner, and lower-case, unpunctuated sentences dominating the internet, you might even believe that the English language is adapting to a 21st century chaos of characters. Of course, this is far from the truth.

Proofreading example. Consider the last business letter you received, the last magazine article you read, or the last customer survey you took. Chances are that there were a few mistakes present in each and every one of them, and they probably struck you as unprofessional. The truth is that while certain grammatical rules have become less of a "must" and more of a "best practice," spelling, punctuation, and strong sentence structure still convey a clear, professional presence.

You might not be as good at writing as you'd like to be, or you might be an English professor with a degree specialized in composition. In either case, an extra set of eyes reviewing your work is always a good idea! Dr. Michael Pinsky, a Professor of English at the University of South Florida, suggests that the best reason to proofread is to "[m]ake sure what you want to say is what actually appears on paper.1" He also provides three galleries of examples where proofreading could have helped his students.

So why not let us help you out?

For a nominal fee, based on the length of the text to be proofread, we will review your work for spelling and contextual errors2, as well as grammatical errors including punctuation and sentence structure. If something is unclear to us, we will contact you to better understand what you are trying to convey to your reader, and then provide you with suggested alternatives. In the end, you choose how you deliver your message, but with our assistance your message can be made stronger.

We currently use Microsoft Office 2007, and can provide in-document commentary for your review. If you prefer, we will print your document3 and provide hand-written commentary using red ink. Whatever your particular needs are, we will work with you!

1 http://shell.cas.usf.edu/~pinsky/why_proofread.htm

2 Contextual errors are basically spelling errors. The word is spelled correctly as a word, but incorrectly for the context you are using it in. "I am going too the supermarket," is certainly spelled correctly, but the word "too" is spelled incorrectly for the context that it's in.

3 There is a small printing fee based upon the number of pages in the document if you would like us to provide a hard-copy of the document.