Who does the proofreading in your company? A busy colleague who’s already under so much pressure they’re as likely to spot those rogue typos as the person who wrote the copy? Or a dedicated professional who knows what they’re doing?

Everyone knows that sending out or publishing stuff with grammatical mistakes and typos in it can make people and companies look lazy at best and incompetent at worst.

Don’t professional proofreaders cost a fortune?

For some reason (cost-cutting, I suspect) oodles of organisations refuse to pay for professional editing and proofreading services.

They’ll spend thousands, tens of thousands sometimes, on projects, campaigns, websites then quibble over a mere £100 to have the copy professionally proofread.

Seriously in the big scheme of things, professional proofreading is pretty good value for money.

Who can you trust?

As an approved editor for the World Health Organisation (WHO) and a member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP), I follow a professional code of conduct.

That means I don’t rely on Google to check whether ‘foolproof’ should be written as one word, two or hyphenated. (It’s one, by the way, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.)

Still not convinced? See if you can spot the 10 deliberate mistakes here.

Email me at lorraine@forrest-turner.co.uk if you want the answers. 😉

You can also drop me a line on that email address if you want a quote for some proofreading work. Just saying.