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Originally Posted by LuvReadin
Correct, and people (including companies supposedly soliciting for proofreaders or editors) do try to do that! I suspect consistency is of very little concern to them.
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Most professional editors I know will not do a sample edit of more than a very few pages and will not (knowingly) do a complete chapter largely because of these efforts to get free editing. Many also will not provide a free sample edit.
If an editor thinks that is what a publisher/author is doing, the editor often posts a note on the professional forums alerting colleagues to the scam.