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Definition of Proofreaders
1. proofreader [n] - See also: proofreader
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proofreaders
Literary usage of Proofreaders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Style: A Compilation of the Typographical Rules in Force at the by University of Chicago Press (1911)
"... HINTS TO proofreaders Read everything as if you yourself were the author.
Be particularly careful about proper names and figures. ..."
2. Outlines of Composition and Rhetoric by John Franklin Genung, Charles Lane Hanson (1915)
"APPENDIX VI proofreaders' MARKS The essential thing in correcting proof is to
make the printer understand exactly what we wish to have done. ..."
3. Manual of Style: A Compilation of Typographical Rules Governing the by University of Chicago Press (1911)
"... HINTS TO proofreaders Read everything as if you yourself were the author.
Be particularly careful about proper names and figures. ..."
4. Modern Achievement by Edward Everett Hale (1902)
"OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN Competent proofreaders By THEODORE L. DE VINNE IN ...
I make, however, no objection to the employment of women as proofreaders. ..."
5. A Kaleidoscope of Digital American Literature by Martha L. Brogan, Daphnée Rentfrow (2005)
"The scanned images of books are posted for proofreaders on a Web page alongside the
... proofreaders read the text and correct it to match the page image, ..."
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