Clear communication is critical.
You may be an expert in your subject, but if your writing is incoherent or confusing, you risk having your work rejected. Let us help you become crystal clear.
Our services
Riverstone Editing offers three editing service options to suit your needs.
Basic
PROOFREADING
Our simplest level of editing, ideal for well-written and publication-ready documents. Checks for:
- spelling errors and typos
- punctuation errors
- grammatical errors
- incorrect word usage
- copy inconsistencies
CHOOSE OUR BASIC SERVICE IF:
- your thesis or manuscript has already undergone professional editing and is ready for publication
- you simply need a mistake-free publication rather than improvements to the overall quality of your document.
Standard
COPYEDITING
Our most popular option and suitable for most documents. In addition to proofreading, our standard service:
- improves clarity
- checks for consistency throughout
- eliminates redundancy
- rewords awkward sentences
- follows style guidelines.
CHOOSE OUR STANDARD SERVICE IF:
- English is your first language or you are reasonably proficient in English
- you find formal academic writing a challenge
- you need an in-depth edit to cut down on wordiness, sharpen your language, ensure consistency and improve overall readability.
Premium
EDITING
Our top-level service. In addition to proofreading and copyediting, our premium service:
- reviews language, tone and expression
- rewords sentences for clarity
- checks sentence/paragraph structure
- improves overall organisation/flow
- rewrites to a specific audience.
CHOOSE OUR PREMIUM SERVICE IF:
- you have major difficulty with the English language
- you need a ‘big picture’ analysis of the overall structure and coherence of your document.
Service checklist
| Basic | Standard | Premium | |
| Quality assurance guarantee | √ | √ | √ |
| On-time guarantee | √ | √ | √ |
| Correct spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors | √ | √ | √ |
| Comply with British/Australian or American spelling | √ | √ | √ |
| Correct capitalisation errors | √ | √ | √ |
| Correct use of tense | √ | √ | √ |
| Check consistency of abbreviations | √ | √ | √ |
| Check consistency of language and key terms | √ | √ | √ |
| Consistent formatting of document (if required) | √ | √ | |
| Standard sentence structuring and word choice | √ | √ | |
| Comply with formal academic language and style | √ | √ | |
| Eliminate redundancy and repetition | √ | √ | |
| Ensure consistent/appropriate tone and style | √ | √ | |
| Check and cross-check references (if required) | √ | √ | |
| Provide detailed comments and suggestions throughout | √ | √ | |
| Extensive rewording and restructuring of sentences | √ | ||
| Ensure logical flow and presentation of ideas | √ | ||
| Detect unattributed ideas and content | √ | ||
| Identify weak arguments and unsubstantiated assertions | √ |
Referencing and formatting
Referencing
Accurate referencing is critical in academic papers and reports to acknowledge your sources and avoid accusations of plagiarism. If you would like your references to be edited, simply include them in your word count. We will edit and format your references according to the university or journal style, search for and include any missing details and conduct a cross-check to ensure all in-text citations are included in the reference list and vice versa. Referencing styles include (but are not limited to) APA (6th and 7th editions), Harvard, AGLC, Chicago, MLA, IEEE and Vancouver.
Formatting
Formatting of your document is automatically included in the Standard and Premium services at no extra charge. We will format your document according to your university, journal or publication guidelines or to our house style.
Formatting includes the following:
- setting up page layout and margins for either electronic submission or printing (single- or double-sided)
- ensuring consistency of fonts, line spacing and indents
- ensuring consistency and correct numbering of headings
- ensuring correct pagination
- creating styles in the Styles menu (which you can then apply if you make any later changes to the document ensure consistency)
- creating an automatic table of contents, list of figures and list of tables
- correctly formatting, numbering and placing all figures and tables
- creating university-specific preliminary pages in the correct order and format for theses.
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