Capstone Editing Testimonials
The exceptional quality and comprehensiveness of our editing service and client support is attested to by academics and students who have worked with Capstone Editing.
The exceptional quality and comprehensiveness of our editing service and client support is attested to by academics and students who have worked with Capstone Editing.
Our specialist academic editors have edited for clients from every university in Australia and New Zealand, as well as many around the world. No other editing service is as versed in the needs of Australian and New Zealand universities as Capstone Editing. Our success in providing a service of the highest quality is proven by the number of our clients that recommend us to others.
The testimonials of some of our past clients provided here attest to the outstanding quality of our work and our dedication to meeting our clients’ needs. All client testimonials appear with the permission of the clients. We welcome all contributions regarding your experience of working with Capstone Editing; please email us if you would like to provide a testimonial.
I was very impressed by the professionalism of Capstone Editing and by their editorial standards. We will definitely use them again for books in our academic monographs series.
Frances Morphy
Editorial Board Member
Dr Lisa Lines did a first-class job on my book manuscript. She clarified and sharpened the text as a good editor should but her skills went way beyond this. She showed unusual depth of insight and knowledge, finding ambiguities of interpretation in... [read more]
Dr Maggie Brady
Honorary Associate Professor
I would like to thank Lisa for her thorough edit of my grant proposal. Her suggestions gave me better ways of expressing myself with clarity and (importantly for grant proposals) with fewer words! She provided detailed comments on her edits that... [read more]
Dr Monica Barratt
NHMRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow
I would confidently recommend the editorial services of Dr Lisa Lines. She is fast, capable and professional. Dr Lines identified a number of places in which the expression and clarity in the grant was able to be improved. Her careful editing saved... [read more]
Dr Suzanne Nielsen
NHMRC Senior Research Fellow
Dr Lines provided an efficient and thorough editing service for me. She was engaged in the process, ensuring she met my needs. The suggestions made by Lisa, in addition to the identification of any issues with grammar, clarity and tone, provided the... [read more]
I want to thank Dr Lisa Lines for the invaluable assistance she provided in editing my PhD thesis (following the ‘Guidelines for Editing Research Theses’ as per University of Adelaide requirements). The final edited thesis was perfectly... [read more]
I want to especially thank Dr Lisa Lines who graciously and expertly edited my thesis (editorial intervention was restricted to Standards D and E of the Australian Standards for Editing Practice). Lisa saved me from myself on numerous occasions and... [read more]
Dr Siew Mee Barton
PhD (Business Information Technology)
Three cheers for Capstone Editing! I choose them to format my PhD dissertation and edit my references after being unimpressed with other options I’d considered, and I am glad I did. Lisa knew better than I did what style and service I needed... [read more]
Leigh Dayton
PhD (Philosophy)
Dr Lisa Lines was recommended to me by a colleague as an expert editor in her field. It is my pleasure to assert that her editorial services were well worth the investment made. Not only am I grateful for the numerous corrections to errors that... [read more]
Mark Griffiths
PhD Candidate
Dr Lisa Lines has edited numerous documents for me throughout my postgraduate studies. As someone writing for years within social sciences disciplines, I had not ever considered professional editing services. However, Lisa’s expert editing... [read more]
Alison Pennington
Master of Political Economy
Capstone Editing provides an extremely high-quality thesis editing service. As one of Australia’s most experienced academic editors, Dr Lines ensures that the work of all of her editors meets exacting standards. Adhering to the... [read more]
Amy McDonell
PhD candidate in Archaeology
I spent many years working on my PhD and it was reassuring to know that someone like Dr Lisa would be taking it into her care and taking the pressure off by giving it the final once over for accuracy, consistency and of course to make it look nice... [read more]
Lisa has edited several journal articles for me. Her thorough command of language really helps in making sure that the article is well expressed and free of errors. Lisa works very quickly and I have found it invaluable to have somebody format an... [read more]
I hired Capstone Editing to edit an important academic job application for me. I received an excellent service, a thorough edit and extensive suggestions for improvements from Dr Lisa Lines. I incorporated her advice in my application and eventually... [read more]
Mahmud Hassan
PhD student
I have engaged Dr Lisa Lines’ services as a proofreader and editor for my doctoral thesis. Along the way, I have encountered some personal issues that slowed this process down and her patience has been profoundly supportive. Her editing has... [read more]
I was very impressed at the attention to detail for the review of my essays for cyclodextrins (CDs). I had mistakenly written In an aqueous solution, the polar CD cavity is filled with water. It should have read: In an aqueous solution, the... [read more]
Dr Lisa Lines’ editing work was invaluable to the final stage of writing my thesis. Her edits made the thesis much more readable. I hadn’t realised that where I should have written one word, I wrote several. Editing sorted this problem... [read more]
The fast, elegant and professional service provided by Dr Lines and her team saved me hours, days and weeks of work for which I am truly grateful. They worked to very tight deadlines and formatted, fixed and corrected my thesis so that I could submit... [read more]
A good editor may be the difference between a pass or fail, or more positively, a High Distinction or a Distinction. A good editor will not only attend to spelling, grammar, syntax and structure but will also read and understand the point of the... [read more]
My thesis required professional editing to address a terrifying number of typos and referencing errors that I simply could not detect myself in the final stages of submission. Law is a field that requires compliance with a very narrow and specialised... [read more]
I am very impressed by the professionalism and accuracy of Dr Lisa Lines and her team at Capstone Editing. Not only did she correct errors that were not visible to me, but she also explained how to improve and excel at academic writing for my current... [read more]
Maria George
PhD student
Writing a doctoral thesis takes time and when your deadline is looming, and you cannot cope with all your tasks, professional editing and formatting is a wonderful time-saver and ensures you don’t need to rush and can focus on other tasks like... [read more]
Moses Mutie
PhD student
I want to thank Dr Lisa Lines for the invaluable assistance she provided in editing my PhD thesis (following the ‘Guidelines for Editing Research Theses’ as per University of Adelaide requirements).
The final edited thesis was perfectly expressed and did not contain any typographical or grammatical errors. This was affirmed by my thesis being accepted without corrections, which I believe is rare. I am especially grateful for the care taken to avoid changing any of my ideas in what was a complex work.
In reviewing the edits and comments, I felt at all times that my work had been treated with the greatest sensitivity and respect. Lisa proved herself to be a highly skilled, professional and trustworthy editor. I highly recommend her services to postgraduates and academics seeking a professional academic editor.