2. Noun. The act or process by which a document is proofread. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proofreading
1. proofread [v] - See also: proofread
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proofreading
Literary usage of Proofreading
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"... machines Study and teaching Course In typography, proofreading and copy- editing.
A, Levitas, 11 Manual Train 17:267-9 D '16 Why printing is in the ..."
2. A Course in Journalistic Writing by Grant Milnor Hyde (1922)
"proofreading proofreading is the mechanical process of indicating errors in
typesetting. Whether printed matter is composed on a typesetting machine or set ..."
3. Composition and Rhetoric by William M. Tanner (1922)
"APPENDIX F MARKS USED IN proofreading Proofreaders' marks. To call attention to
errors in a printers' proof special marks and symbols are used in the margin ..."
4. A Kaleidoscope of Digital American Literature by Martha L. Brogan, Daphnée Rentfrow (2005)
"3.3.2.1 Distributed proofreading: Project Gutenberg (3) Project Gutenberg (PG),
founded by Michael Hart in 1971, is probably the best known among free ..."
5. Business English and Correspondence by Roy Davis, Clarence Hart Lingham (1921)
"APPENDIX B proofreading Since a business man is likely to have much of his
advertising and circular matter printed, it is well for him to be able to correct ..."
6. Junior High School English by Thomas Henry Briggs, Isabel McKinney, Florence Vane Skeffington (1921)
"EXERCISE 3 EDITING AND proofreading A. The standard of literary quality and of
good form should be high in any school paper. If you were editor would you ..."
7. Junior High School English by Thomas Henry Briggs, Isabel McKinney, Florence Vane Skeffington (1921)
"... schools of the country is how much they can do to bring these ideals of a
better citizen nearer realization. EXERCISE 5 proofreading IN OTHER CLASSES ..."
8. Talking, Drawing, Writing: Lessons for Our Youngest Writers by Martha Horn, Mary Ellen Giacobbe (2007)
"(The items on the proofreading list will not make sense to a writer who is still
... Once some children start proofreading their work, they teach others. ..."
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