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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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Students & Academics

Theses, dissertations, journal articles, essays. PhD- and Masters-level editors.

Authors & Publishers

Book editing, proofreading, manuscript evaluation. Professional book editors.

Businesses & Professionals

Confidential business editing and proofreading. Fast turnarounds, professional results.

Editorial

Writing on the craft of language, communication, and the reader’s mind. From the editing team.

Communication

Deciding to back into a spot before getting out of the car is a small, literal example of what researchers call an implementation intention, a well-studied planning technique in which deciding in advance exactly how a future action will unfold measurably increases the odds of following through on it

The secret to following through isn't willpower—it's deciding the details before you need to.

Global English Editing Editorial Team · Sep 9
Language & Intelligence

People who can't rest until they've landed on an explanation for something uncertain score higher on what researchers call the need for cognitive closure, a documented cognitive style where the discomfort of not knowing gets resolved by settling on almost any answer rather than the right one.

Global English Editing Editorial Team · Sep 8
Communication

Despite decades of TV detectives insisting that liars can't hold eye contact, a review of more than 100 scientific studies found no reliable link between how much eye contact someone makes and whether they're telling the truth

Global English Editing Editorial Team · Sep 7
Communication

When an older person says a plan or person "isn't worth the energy anymore," that's rarely apathy talking; it's usually a blunt but accurate description of how they've learned to spend a limited emotional budget

Global English Editing Editorial Team · Sep 7
Language & Intelligence

In a clinical trial, patients with IBS were handed a pill bottle labeled plainly as placebo pills with no active medication and told exactly that before they started, and their symptoms still improved significantly more than patients who received no pill at all

Global English Editing Editorial Team · Sep 6
Communication

Adults without close friends may not be avoiding people because they dislike connection; they may simply have learned early that saying a need out loud didn't get it met, and it's easier now not to say it

Global English Editing Editorial Team · Sep 6

Meet the editors

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Editors with credentials

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Short turnarounds

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