UK-based service vs. US-based service: Does it actually matter? (My comparison results)

[SamWilliams]

I tested two services side-by-side (don't ask how much money I burned). Both claimed to be "native writers." Here is the breakdown:

US-Based Service ($2,100 for 3 chapters):

• Pros: American spelling, understood APA 7th, good customer service
• Cons: Writer clearly an undergrad. Analysis was surface-level. Kept using high school transition phrases ("In conclusion, it is clear that...").

UK-Based Service ($2,500 for 3 chapters):

• Pros: Better grasp of critical analysis language ("This paper problematizes...")
• Cons: Kept using British spelling (colour, behaviour). My US university flagged it immediately. Also, they call the bibliography a "reference list" but then formatted it weirdly.

Verdict: Neither was worth the money. Both required heavy rewrites. If you're going to risk it, match the dialect to your institution. Nothing screams "bought this" like random -ise endings in a US paper.