14 September 2023
Five famous proofreaders
Famous proofreaders are not something that many people could name, and you might be surprised by some of the names in this article.
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20 June 2023
This proofreading testimonial really touched me
A proofreading testimonial helps verify a proofreader’s professionalism and service quality. We receive many at Full Proof, but this one was special!
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1 January 2022
Certificate of proofreading required? We can help!
If you’re a university student writing an essay, dissertation, thesis or journal paper, you may be advised by your supervisor to invest in a professional…
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1 September 2021
Proofreading press releases
Proofreading for businesses is our bread and butter at Full Proof, and this includes proofreading press releases, having forged close relationships with a…
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10 June 2021
Proofreading WordPress websites
WordPress is one of the most user-friendly content management system (CMS) available and is by far the most popular method of designing a website these…
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1 May 2021
Proofreading PDFs
Proofreading PDFs is one of many specialist skills that we possess at Full Proof and we provide PDF proofreading for many blue chip companies.
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14 September 2020
Full Proof awarded Certificate of Excellence again
The popular UK freelancer platform Bark have awarded Full Proof their Certificate of Excellence for the second consecutive year. Some very welcome news in…
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23 March 2020
Track Changes – how to use Microsoft Word’s proofreading tool
Track Changes is a great tool that enables proofreaders to edit a Word document quickly and efficiently. This blog will tell you how to use it.
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5 March 2020
What is legal proofreading?
The world we live in, work in and play in could not exist without the network of laws that govern us. The building you are sitting in: building regulations…
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5 July 2019
Copywriting – tasty morsels or a blow-out meal?
Imagine this … it’s Sunday morning and you’ve just had a huge weekend breakfast. You’re basking in the gourmet delights of bacon, sausages, black pudding,…
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7 May 2019
Proofreading marks – the mark of a proofreader
Proofreading marks are rarely used now due to the ubiquity of MS Word. This article provides an introduction to this once-essential proofreading tool.
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29 March 2019
The difference between copy-editing and proofreading
When a writer places the last full stop to their manuscript it may come after a long process and with great relief but, if the reader is to get the most…
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20 March 2019
Spellcheck won’t save you
There are two common responses when I tell people I’m a freelance proofreader and copy-editor: ‘Oh, I’d be good at that; I always notice spelling mistakes’…
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25 February 2019
Proofreading tips: Four quick ways to proofread a document
We’ve all experienced a deadline that’s crept up on us – whether for work, university or something more personal. It’s not ideal, but it happens! In these…
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14 February 2019
Starting out as an editorial professional: Should you specialise?
So you’re serious about pursuing a career as a freelance proofreader or editor. You’ve had a look at the top ways of making money from home and you’ve…
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It’s just a number
Numbers can be tricky – do you write them as figures (1,2,3, etc.) or do you write them as words (one, two, three, etc.)? How do you hyphenate compound…
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Is it a dash? Is it a hyphen? No, it’s super-confusing!
They may all look like simple horizontal bars, but the dash and the hyphen have different jobs to do in the world of punctuation. Our article entitled Just…
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Gender and vocabulary – walking the tightrope of political correctness
In professional writing it is very important that the reader understands the message we are trying to convey. Just as we don’t want the reader to be…
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RIP the paper dictionary
Here at Full Proof, dictionaries and grammar reference books are in constant use by the proofreading team. Whether it’s a subject-specific technical term…
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Just doing my job: the helpful hyphen
You may seen Grammar Man in our student proofreading video. Grammar Man is our linguistic superhero, saving the world from grammatical blunders. Well, we’d…
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Grammar – what’s all the fuss about?
We all know what the word ‘grammar’ means, or at least we think we do. For most people, mentioning the word ‘grammar’ brings back memories of school…
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The Internet has changed lives, and it’s changing language too
The past 20 years have seen enormous advances in communication. In mobile phone communication we have moved from basic text messages in 2001 to…
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