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What grammatical or typographical errors prompt the advice to get someone to proofread the website? I'm asking because I see this advice quite often, and most

What grammatical or typographical errors prompt the advice to get someone to proofread the website? I'm asking because I see this advice quite often, and most of the times I can't find anything wrong. Could someone point out specific errors that I miss? Perhaps I need to get an editor myself.

Veratyr 9y ago
"We help freelancers become more professional with automatic streamlined process for managerial tasks like client onboarding, signing NDA and requirement collection right from their personal website." "with automatic streamlined process" should probably be "an automatic streamlined process". I don't think the way it is now is technically wrong but it doesn't feel right. "Never delay your client to wait for an NDA." doesn't really make sense. "Never delay your client with an NDA" or "Never make your client wait for an NDA" would be better. "This will be automatically added to your calendar." technically correct but I think native speakers would more often say "This will automatically be added to your calendar". "All the process" -> "The entire process" "to call scheduling take place under 30 minutes" -> "Will take place in under 30 minutes" "you will have all details to start a call" -> "you will have all the details to start a call"
- josephorjoe 9y ago
  and if you really want to get it right, you need to use proper parallel structure when stringing clauses together: `for managerial tasks like client onboarding, signing NDA and requirement collection right from their personal website` would read better as: `for managerial tasks like onboarding clients, signing NDAs, and collecting requirements right from their personal website` Copyediting is largely getting eliminated as an 'unnecessary' expense in the world of web content publishing, but when the life of your business might depend on some marketing copy, good professional copyediting is priceless. --edited for alliteration, grammar, and oxford comma
  - cod3boy 9y ago
    Looks like I can get the copy changes from here too :) Thanks for this!
- Izkata 9y ago
  > > "We help freelancers become more professional with automatic streamlined process for managerial tasks like client onboarding, signing NDA and requirement collection right from their personal website." > "with automatic streamlined process" should probably be "an automatic streamlined process". I don't think the way it is now is technically wrong but it doesn't feel right. Ambiguous plurality. Go for either singular "with an automatic streamlined process" or plural "with automatic streamlined processes". I believe this is a common mistake for people whose first language is Chinese, which doesn't have indefinite articles. A co-worker drops articles pretty regularly.
- cod3boy 9y ago
  Thanks for this! :)
kccqzy 9y ago
It says “29$/month” instead of “$29 / month” in the “For Starters” section. Putting the dollar sign after the number just seems foreign. The sentence right after that is a run-on sentence.
Finnucane 9y ago
First, I'd remove the implication that the customer is not professional. Assume your customer _is_ professional, but needs help with some bureaucratic functions. The phrase "automatic streamlined process for managerial tasks like client onboarding, signing NDA and requirement collection" is pretty terrible and confusedly jargony. Who is signing the NDA? Unclear. Who is actually benefits from the service? Unclear. IS NDA signing and requirement collection a part of the onboarding process, or some other thing? Unclear. "We help professional freelancers provide a streamlined process for creating new client accounts. Collecting your client's requirements and NDA forms can be managed directly from your own website."
- cod3boy 9y ago
  Been getting feedback for "professional" a lot. Thanks, will edit accordingly, we are working on an entirely new copy of the website.
jccooper 9y ago
There are a number of subject/verb agreement issues ("All the process ... take place") and such but mostly it's an issue of odd clause construction and word choice, with some run-on sentences. For example: "Never delay your client to wait for an NDA." A more idiomatic version would be "Never make your client wait for an NDA" or perhaps "Never let waiting on an NDA delay your clients."

Veratyr 9y ago

"We help freelancers become more professional with automatic streamlined process for managerial tasks like client onboarding, signing NDA and requirement collection right from their personal website." "with automatic streamlined process" should probably be "an automatic streamlined process". I don't think the way it is now is technically wrong but it doesn't feel right. "Never delay your client to wait for an NDA." doesn't really make sense. "Never delay your client with an NDA" or "Never make your client wait for an NDA" would be better. "This will be automatically added to your calendar." technically correct but I think native speakers would more often say "This will automatically be added to your calendar". "All the process" -> "The entire process" "to call scheduling take place under 30 minutes" -> "Will take place in under 30 minutes" "you will have all details to start a call" -> "you will have all the details to start a call"

josephorjoe 9y ago
and if you really want to get it right, you need to use proper parallel structure when stringing clauses together: `for managerial tasks like client onboarding, signing NDA and requirement collection right from their personal website` would read better as: `for managerial tasks like onboarding clients, signing NDAs, and collecting requirements right from their personal website` Copyediting is largely getting eliminated as an 'unnecessary' expense in the world of web content publishing, but when the life of your business might depend on some marketing copy, good professional copyediting is priceless. --edited for alliteration, grammar, and oxford comma
- cod3boy 9y ago
  Looks like I can get the copy changes from here too :) Thanks for this!
Izkata 9y ago
> > "We help freelancers become more professional with automatic streamlined process for managerial tasks like client onboarding, signing NDA and requirement collection right from their personal website." > "with automatic streamlined process" should probably be "an automatic streamlined process". I don't think the way it is now is technically wrong but it doesn't feel right. Ambiguous plurality. Go for either singular "with an automatic streamlined process" or plural "with automatic streamlined processes". I believe this is a common mistake for people whose first language is Chinese, which doesn't have indefinite articles. A co-worker drops articles pretty regularly.
cod3boy 9y ago
Thanks for this! :)

kccqzy 9y ago

It says “29$/month” instead of “$29 / month” in the “For Starters” section. Putting the dollar sign after the number just seems foreign. The sentence right after that is a run-on sentence.

Finnucane 9y ago

First, I'd remove the implication that the customer is not professional. Assume your customer _is_ professional, but needs help with some bureaucratic functions. The phrase "automatic streamlined process for managerial tasks like client onboarding, signing NDA and requirement collection" is pretty terrible and confusedly jargony. Who is signing the NDA? Unclear. Who is actually benefits from the service? Unclear. IS NDA signing and requirement collection a part of the onboarding process, or some other thing? Unclear. "We help professional freelancers provide a streamlined process for creating new client accounts. Collecting your client's requirements and NDA forms can be managed directly from your own website."

cod3boy 9y ago
Been getting feedback for "professional" a lot. Thanks, will edit accordingly, we are working on an entirely new copy of the website.

jccooper 9y ago

There are a number of subject/verb agreement issues ("All the process ... take place") and such but mostly it's an issue of odd clause construction and word choice, with some run-on sentences. For example: "Never delay your client to wait for an NDA." A more idiomatic version would be "Never make your client wait for an NDA" or perhaps "Never let waiting on an NDA delay your clients."