



Cutting the crap since 1981
I have over four decades of experience in the printing and publishing industry, during which I rose from in-house proofreader at a small printing office to chief copy-editor at a global publishing house.
In 2012, I was headhunted by a US multinational corporation for whom I localised and edited webpages, and I have several well-respected client companies that use my services exclusively.
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Producing clearly written documents inspires confidence in customers and employees. Foolproof improves the content of your online persona and business-to-business image.
Foolproof will ensure that your dissertation is in the best shape possible: your words will flow freely and your content will be comprehensible.
Abstracts, books, case studies, corporate literature, dissertations, journals, mail-shots, manuals, press releases, reports, slide presentations, theses, web content.
Over 42 years in publishing means that Foolproof is well placed to cast a critical and sympathetic eye over manuscripts, ensuring text flows rhythmically and looks the business.
Testimonials
I met Sylvia at Insight Guides when I started there in 1997 – when she’d only been in publishing for 16 years and was still learning the trade… She was very friendly and one of the few normal people i… Read more
Bless you, thanks Sylvia! All good – great suggestions and corrections, have implemented almost all of them. I was going a bit word-blind with it, so this has been a massive help. Invoice p… Read more
Thank you for your great work; the English version is now much better that the Turkish one!
Greatest credit must go to Sylvia Suddes for her painstaking proofreading and numerous suggestions for bringing the writing to life.
I have worked with Sylvia for several years now and I can honestly say I’ve never met an individual so enthusiastic about the correct use of the English language and its application in terms of spelli… Read more
I have commissioned Sylvia to proofread many travel guidebooks. She became my proofreader of choice because of her meticulous attention to detail and her sharp eye for inconsistencies.
If you are wondering whether to hire a copy-editor, my answer is yes; and if you are wondering whether Ms Foolproof is the one for you, my answer is double-yes. Sylvia has worked through the text of … Read more
Sylvia is an eagle-eyed proofreader with an excellent knowledge of grammar and punctuation, plus good communication skills. She is reliable and flexible, and can be trusted to meet tight deadlines.
Sylvia helped produce my Open University Psychology project in 2010. She produced work to an exceptionally high standard and always met mutually agreed deadlines. As I am blind, I needed the inf… Read more
I loved your comments. I immediately discarded them as whining nonsense – which made me realise that I’m really too far into this shit and that the audience is always right. You had great improvem… Read more

