How much does professional proofreading cost?
The cost of proofreading depends on the type and length of text, the turnaround time, and the level of services required. Most proofreading companies charge per word or page, while freelancers sometimes charge an hourly rate.
For proofreading alone, which involves only basic corrections of typos and formatting mistakes, you might pay as little as £0.01 per word, but in many cases, your text will also require some level of editing, which costs slightly more.
It’s often possible to purchase combined proofreading and editing services and calculate the price in advance based on your requirements.
Frequently asked questions: Language rules
- What are the different types of adjectives?
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There are many ways to categorize adjectives into various types. An adjective can fall into one or more of these categories depending on how it is used.
Some of the main types of adjectives are:
- Are numbers adjectives?
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Cardinal numbers (e.g., one, two, three) can be placed before a noun to indicate quantity (e.g., one apple). While these are sometimes referred to as ‘numeral adjectives‘, they are more accurately categorised as determiners or quantifiers.
- What is a proper adjective?
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Proper adjectives are adjectives formed from a proper noun (i.e., the name of a specific person, place, or thing) that are used to indicate origin. Like proper nouns, proper adjectives are always capitalised (e.g., Newtonian, Marxian, African).
- Is it better than or better then?
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Then and than are two commonly confused words. In the context of ‘better than’, you use ‘than’ with an ‘a’.
- Julie is better than Jesse.
- I’d rather spend my time with you than with him.
- I understand Eoghan’s point of view better than Claudia’s.
- Is it use to do or used to do?
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Use to and used to are commonly confused words. In the case of ‘used to do’, the latter (with ‘d’) is correct, since you’re describing an action or state in the past.
- I used to do laundry once a week.
- They used to do each other’s hair.
- We used to do the dishes every day.
- What is a synonym for “favour”?
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There are numerous synonyms and near synonyms for the various meanings of “favour”:
Prefer (verb) Approval (noun) Advocate Adoration Approve of Appreciation Endorse Praise Support Respect Our Paraphraser can help you find even more synonyms for ‘favour’.
- Is ‘no one’ one word or two?
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No one (two words) is an indefinite pronoun meaning ‘nobody’. People sometimes mistakenly write ‘noone’, but this is incorrect and should be avoided. ‘No-one’, with a hyphen, is also acceptable in UK English.
Scribbr’s Free Grammar Checker can help make sure you’re using phrases like ‘no one’ correctly in your writing.
- What’s the difference between ‘nobody’ and ‘no one’?
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Nobody and no one are both indefinite pronouns meaning ‘no person’. They can be used interchangeably (e.g., ‘nobody is home’ means the same as ‘no one is home’).
- What is a synonym for ‘every time’?
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Some synonyms and near synonyms of every time include:
- Each time
- Whenever
- Without exception
- Is ‘everytime’ a word?
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‘Everytime’ is sometimes used to mean ‘each time’ or ‘whenever’. However, this is incorrect and should be avoided. The correct phrase is every time (two words).
Scribbr’s Grammar Checker can help make sure you’re using phrases like ‘every time’ correctly in your writing.
- Is “because” a compound word?
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Yes, the conjunction because is a compound word, but one with a long history. It originates in Middle English from the preposition “bi” (“by”) and the noun “cause”. Over time, the open compound “bi cause” became the closed compound “because”, which we use today.
Though it’s spelled this way now, the verb “be” is not one of the words that makes up “because”.
- Is “today” a compound word?
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Yes, today is a compound word, but a very old one. It wasn’t originally formed from the preposition “to” and the noun “day”; rather, it originates from their Old English equivalents, “tō” and “dæġe”.
In the past, it was sometimes written as a hyphenated compound: “to-day”. But the hyphen is no longer included; it’s always “today” now (“to day” is also wrong).
