Copyediting sample 77:
Assistance in your daily life

Copyeditors must often change awkward phrasing to more natural English.
Note: The author of this piece was not a native English speaker. He very much appreciated the heavy commentary that explained my thinking behind the many suggested revisions. The highlighted comments elucidated for him many of the subtle peculiarities of American English.

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[ Assistance in your daily life (original) ]

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