About
Copyediting is a completely objective assessment of your work to find and correct any errors that would be embarrassing if published and would confuse and distract readers.
It addresses correctness, consistency, accuracy, and completeness.
CORRECTNESS
Editing for errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, usage, formatting, and typography.
CONSISTENCY
Creating a style sheet to track and apply an editorial style (treatment of numbers, capitalizations, variant spellings, etc.) and ensuring all visual elements are consistent too.
ACCURACY
Identifying and querying or correcting any inaccuracies in general information (dates, quotations, URLs), organizational information (menus, table of contents), and mathematical information (statistics, numerals).
COMPLETENESS
Ensuring material is complete and querying for missing elements; identifying and flagging where citations or copyright permissions are needed.
Every copyedit includes a proofread.