An editing house. An editorial publication.
Professional editors. Considered writing on the craft.
Global English Editing is a working editing practice with a growing editorial blog on language, communication, and the reader's mind. Founded in 2014.
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- Business Insider
- The Australian Financial Review
- BRW
- Writer's Digest
- Lifehacker
- Lifehack
Students & Academics
Theses, dissertations, journal articles, essays. PhD- and Masters-level editors.
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Authors & Publishers
Book editing, proofreading, manuscript evaluation. Professional book editors.
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Businesses & Professionals
Confidential business editing and proofreading. Fast turnarounds, professional results.
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Writing on the craft of language, communication, and the reader’s mind. From the editing team.
The older some people get, the shorter their messages become — and that isn't always impatience, sometimes it's the confidence to say only what they mean
The most eloquent thing aging teaches us might be silence itself—not what we've learned to leave unsaid, but why we finally trust that we can.
"I don't want to talk about it" doesn't necessarily mean someone won't communicate, psychologists who study a pattern known as normative male alexithymia have found many men are socialized from childhood to have a genuinely thinner emotional vocabulary to reach for, not a refusal to use the one they have.
People who grew up in the 1970s often weren't taught to name what they felt — which may be why so many of them still find action easier to offer than words
"I'm sorry you feel that way" sounds like an apology, but research breaking down what makes an apology actually work found that phrases which avoid naming the offense or taking responsibility for it are consistently rated as less sincere, regardless of how sorry the tone sounds.
Overapologising isn't always a sign of low confidence — sometimes it's what happens when someone spent years in rooms where keeping the peace felt like survival
Opening a disagreement with "not to be rude, but" or "no offense" doesn't erase the offense that follows, linguists who study these softening phrases have found they signal the speaker already knows what's coming next isn't going to land well.
Meet the editors
The named editors who oversee editorial direction, review articles before publication, and stand behind the standards on this site.
Editors with credentials
Our editors hold PhDs and Masters across academic and book editing. Each piece is reviewed by an editor with subject-matter fit.
Affordable rates
Online-first operation lets us offer professional editing at a fraction of traditional agency rates without compromising quality.
Short turnarounds
Same-day and next-day delivery available on most jobs. Tight deadlines welcomed.