Cutting the crap since 1981

Sylvia is an eagle-eyed proofreader with an excellent knowledge of grammar and punctuation, plus good communication skills. She is reliable and flexible, and can be trusted to meet tight deadlines.

Quite simply, Sylvia is the best proofreader I have ever known. Meticulous, thorough, conscientious, and sharp-eyed, I thoroughly recommend her.

I hired Sylvia to proofread and edit a project that I had to translate from Spanish into English. Her work was outstanding! She was easy to work with, fast and (importantly) met our agreed deadline. I… Read more

‘I love how you use different adjectives and verbs that mean what I intended to say but add vigour and variety to the scenes they describe.’ ‘You’ve done some outstanding work adding new noun… Read more

Sylvia has helped me develop my CV massive amounts. Her attention to detail and ability to read between the lines is outstanding; I will certainly be coming back for her help in the future.

I first met Sylvia when she was freelancing at the British Council, a client she had over several years. She was a breath of fresh air in the studio, with a meticulous attention to detail, no-nonsens… Read more

You’re editing skills are tip top and if you hadn’t picked up the colour issue we would seriously be in a whole world of horror.

I met Sylvia at Insight Guides when I started there in 1997 – when she’d only been in publishing for 16 years and was still learning the trade… She was very friendly and one of the few normal people i… Read more

We hired Sylvia to copy-edit a very large website in a very short time, and the quality of her work was outstanding. She’s got great people skills, too, and communication with her is always smooth a… Read more

Bless you, thanks Sylvia! All good – great suggestions and corrections, have implemented almost all of them. I was going a bit word-blind with it, so this has been a massive help. Invoice p… Read more