Definition of Proofreaders

1. Noun. (plural of proofreader) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Proofreaders

1. proofreader [n] - See also: proofreader

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proofreaders

proof of concept
proof of technology
proof positive
proof reader
proof readers
proof spirit
proof system
proofed
proofer
proofers
proofing
proofings
proofless
proofread
proofreader
proofreaders (current term)
proofreading
proofreadings
proofreads
proofroom
proofrooms
proofs
proofs by contradiction
proofs by example
proofs by exhaustion
prooftext
prooftexts
proopiomelanocortin
proopiomelanocortins
prootic

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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