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So, this below is the message we'd send you along with article(s) to proof.  Final decision on what changes to make lies with us, but it would be pretty unusual for us not to take on board the majority/all of what you suggest.

Thanks for agreeing to proof read article(s) for “Only Planet”.
We've sent you a version that is stripped of the author's name. We will not tell ANYONE which articles we've asked you to proof.
We're sending it to you as a doc. Please send it back to us with the same title and the word proofed.

e.g. If we've sent you 'cutthecarbon.doc', then you send us back 'cutthecarbonproofed.doc'

Please let us know if you can't complete the task by the deadline, so that we can re-assign it.
We're looking for you to go through for-

Punctuation
especially it's and its.  (It's is a contraction of it is and its is a 'possessive')
1990s, not 1990's

Readability
Are the sentences the right length? No more than three clauses, tops.
Does it flow?
Decently divided paragraphs- not continuous blocks of text.
Are there words you had to look up?

Does it give you the answers to the questions that you would want? If not, what other questions/facts should be in there?

Suggestion for an illustration/cartoon

Suggestion for a headline

Suggestions for 'further reading on this topic'