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Who are we indeed? Good question – many visitors to our site may indeed be asking this – who are we, and what do we actually do? Obviously this is a two-part question; let’s start with the first part… Prompt Proofing is a small business offering proofreading, editing and writing services online – but you likely knew that or you wouldn’t have found this site in the first place. So what makes us special? We’re a family business based in Victoria BC on Canada’s beautiful west coast. We’re a mother-daughter team who both have a passionate love for the English language, for teaching it, writing it and reading it. We’re supportive of excellent writing, correct grammar, and punctuation that ensures clear meaning and effective communicati ...

  January again! That time of year when we make resolutions, then likely promptly break them again. Resolutions, if we’re to believe what we hear, are rarely successful and frequently don’t even survive till mid-January. What’s so special about January 1 anyway? It’s just another day. Yet there is something about the turning of the year that makes us think of fresh beginnings, new leaves to be turned over, etc.   Here at Prompt Proofing, we are choosing to take the beginning of 2018 as a chance for a revamp. In October of last year, we marked seven years in business and there was definitely something of a seven-year-itch in the air. Over seven years we have established a reputation – of which we are justly proud – for producing high-quality wor ...

We’ve been absent for a while, due to technical difficulties with our site. Finally we managed to get everything running smoothly again and are delighted to be back in touch with our readers! We also are taking advantage of the spring season of renewal to change a few things. We’ll be emailing some regular customers shortly with details but for new customers and existing ones alike, there are three main changes. We’ll be charging by the hour rather than by word count and we’re also introducing a ‘premium’ service for all of our writing services that will give those customers who wish it the opportunity to receive drafts and get rewrites and to have more input into their documents. Thirdly, we’re combining our editing and proofreading services so th ...