Overview
Copy editing is the technical discipline of editing: grammar, spelling, punctuation, consistency and editorial style. A copy editor reads for errors, but also for meaning — flagging sentences that can be read two ways, timeline contradictions, names spelled three different ways and headings that follow no pattern.
You receive an edited manuscript with tracked changes where supported, a style sheet recording the decisions made — spellings, hyphenation, capitalisation, number style — and a list of queries wherever the editor needed your intention clarified. On the services page this work also appears as part of our combined Copy & Line Editing editorial package, for manuscripts that need both passes at once.
What this service includes
- Grammar, spelling and punctuation
- Consistency checks across the manuscript
- Editorial style decisions recorded in a style sheet
- Clarity queries where meaning is ambiguous
- Timeline and continuity checks
- Tracked changes where supported
How it works
You submit the manuscript and any existing style preferences.
The copy editor works through the text, correcting errors and recording style decisions.
You receive the edited manuscript with tracked changes and a style sheet.
Outstanding queries are listed for your decisions, and we review the answers together.