With 12 years experience as a university educator, I have viewed and corrected every sort of writing, from the most professional to the least, and done so within the academic time budget (usually tight). My personal scholarly work has resulted in over 220, 000 words of theses, at full academic literary standard, and I am highly proficient in both academic and commercial English, used at the level of the 99th percentile.
Very little information is presented in your job listing thus I am unable to make any firm projections of time or cost. My base rate is usually US$20/hr, but I would be in a better position to calculate if I knew more about the task. I can usually perform even difficult editing at a rate of around 3000 words per hour, so I’ll quote US$7/1000 words. I’m projecting US$100 and three days as a general bracket, this being five hours at my basic rate, or 15, 000 words, the time actually taken will depend upon the length and degree of editing the manuscript calls for.
Rest assured, all basic English issues can be addressed, as well as suggestions for improvement wherever appropriate.
There will be lower bidders than me, but experience really does count. I recently completed an academic proofing and enhancing job (~12000 words) for a scholar and received five-star feedback, so am very much “in the groove” for this type of work.
I hope you’ll look favorably on the skills I bring to bear, and that you will select me for this job.