Hello. I want to give you an update on the book you sent me to edit. As I'm sure you are aware, it needs considerable editing. Firstly, the dialogue is quite stilted: people seldom say 'I will'; they say 'I'll'; there are many more language problems, and in addition, punctuation and sentence structure need a lot of work, all of which is quite tedious. On the positive side, the story is quite interesting and I am making great progress in dealing with all the issues I mentioned. I will have it back to you by Wednesday, as promised, but I might suggest that I take a few more days to re-read the entire document to be sure I can't make it even better (of course, all for the fee you have paid). Would you be agreeable to that?