Trust, but verify
I like it, too, despite my own ‘Mikhail Gorbachev’ sitting on my shoulder and telling me, ‘You check every fact.’
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Difference #3: I don’t guarantee ‘100% error free’.
A one hundred percent error-free guarantee is hype based on hope.
Difference #2: I am not a platform. You are not a number.
Let me be your personal professional proofreader.
Difference #1: I don't do lightning-fast
I’m looking for clients who’ve taken time and care in the preparation of their documents and who want a proofreader who will also take the appropriate time and care.
Seven Differences
As an academic proofreader, I hold to a philosophy and ethos that may differentiate me from some of the rest. Here, I discuss seven things that comprise the Word Engineer Difference:
A Proofreader Never Rests
I have always been a proofreader. I can’t seem to not read something without having the typos jump out at me.
If they’re there, I’ll generally find them.
But that usually happens when reading print, not when I’m watching a TV show.