Proofread
verb
To read and check a text for errors or mistakes.
Before submitting the research paper, he decided to proofread it one more time.
Often appears as...
- proofread a document
- proofread a manuscript
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To read and check a text for errors or mistakes.
Before submitting the research paper, he decided to proofread it one more time.
Often appears as...
- proofread a document
- proofread a manuscript
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Error Checking
Proofreading specifically targets spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors in a text.
He proofread his essay to correct misplaced commas.
Pro Tip 2/3Final Step
Proofreading is usually the last step in the writing process to polish the text.
After revising her thesis, she proofread it before submission.
Pro Tip 3/3Attention to Detail
Effective proofreading requires careful attention to detail to notice small mistakes.
He proofread the report thrice to ensure no detail was overlooked.
Pro Tip 1/3Error Checking
Proofreading specifically targets spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors in a text.
He proofread his essay to correct misplaced commas.
Pro Tip 2/3Final Step
Proofreading is usually the last step in the writing process to polish the text.
After revising her thesis, she proofread it before submission.
Pro Tip 3/3Attention to Detail
Effective proofreading requires careful attention to detail to notice small mistakes.
He proofread the report thrice to ensure no detail was overlooked.
Pro Tip 1/3Error Checking
Proofreading specifically targets spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors in a text.
He proofread his essay to correct misplaced commas.
Pro Tip 2/3Final Step
Proofreading is usually the last step in the writing process to polish the text.
After revising her thesis, she proofread it before submission.
Pro Tip 3/3Attention to Detail
Effective proofreading requires careful attention to detail to notice small mistakes.
He proofread the report thrice to ensure no detail was overlooked.
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Working backward to...
and then you say, "Whoa, there are two 'the's' in the sentence." This is a really cool trick for proofreading papers. You're writing your paper and there are these silly mistakes. Why are these mistakes in my paper? You read it backwards, you'll catch all of them. Alright, let's go on to this problem, an interesting problem.
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The evolution of the...
they they could have chosen to hire a proofreader I used to be one it took me four seconds to mark this up and I would have given the mates rates for the job and I think that would have been money well spent because this is a written medium built for posterity
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The real reason you...
a set of activities to avoid while working. Think about your to-don't list. What would you put on it? When I'm working on my boring procrastinogenic tasks, like reading contracts and proofreading articles, my to-don't list includes don't play online Scrabble,
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Safari Live - Day 65 PIPE...
area and we're just proofreads we think she's booting it sounds
Video examples
Working backward to...
and then you say, "Whoa, there are two 'the's' in the sentence." This is a really cool trick for proofreading papers. You're writing your paper and there are these silly mistakes. Why are these mistakes in my paper? You read it backwards, you'll catch all of them. Alright, let's go on to this problem, an interesting problem.
Video examples
The evolution of the...
they they could have chosen to hire a proofreader I used to be one it took me four seconds to mark this up and I would have given the mates rates for the job and I think that would have been money well spent because this is a written medium built for posterity
Video examples
The real reason you...
a set of activities to avoid while working. Think about your to-don't list. What would you put on it? When I'm working on my boring procrastinogenic tasks, like reading contracts and proofreading articles, my to-don't list includes don't play online Scrabble,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 65 PIPE...
area and we're just proofreads we think she's booting it sounds
Example 1 of 4
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Kate Klise
American Author
Our job as friends, mentors, parents, and writing coaches is not to write anyone's college essay. That's cheating. Plus, it sends a discouraging message to the teenager that he or she can't be trusted with this important assignment. Trust the student to write the essay, but verify that it gets done. Gentle editing and proofreading are allowed.
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Tim Pratt
American Writer
I love drafting like I love eating ice cream or having sex; I love revising like I love doing logic puzzles; I love line-editing like I love perfectly organizing a bookshelf; I hate reviewing copyedits and the second round of proofreading because, by then, I'm getting pretty tired of my own words. They all have their own challenges, though.
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Erik Larson
American Author
The writer marks the changes he wants to make, while a proofreader also goes through the galley, checking it page-by-page against the manuscript. Once all these changes are identified, a second-pass proof is made, and this, too, gets sent to the author and the proofreader, and the process begins anew.
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Robert De Niro
Actor
My mother worked for a woman, Maria Ley-Piscator, who with her husband founded the Dramatic Workshop, which was connected to the New School. My mother did proofreading and typing and stuff or her, and as part of her payment, I was able to take acting classes there on Saturdays when I was 10.
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John Updike
American Novelist
I should mention something that nobody ever thinks about, but proofreading takes a lot of time. After you write something, there are these proofs that keep coming, and there's this panicky feeling that 'This is me and I must make it better.
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J. A. Konrath
American Writer
I can hire out for editing, proofreading, formatting, and cover design, and those are fixed, sunk costs. Once those are paid, I can earn 70% on a self-pubbed ebook.
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Lindsay Mendez
American Actress
I think I'm the person who keeps friends from hitting 'send.' I've definitely helped people go through emails before sending them. I'm a good proofreader.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
I don't know if I officially proofread my father's book, but I read it. I did get some conception of grammar in general from that.
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Rajinikanth
Indian Actor
I was a Kannada journalist and had worked in 'Samyukta Karnataka' newspaper as a proofreader.
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Sam Trammell
American Actor
I used to work as a proofreader at Merrill Lynch.
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Kate Klise
American Author
Our job as friends, mentors, parents, and writing coaches is not to write anyone's college essay. That's cheating. Plus, it sends a discouraging message to the teenager that he or she can't be trusted with this important assignment. Trust the student to write the essay, but verify that it gets done. Gentle editing and proofreading are allowed.
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Tim Pratt
American Writer
I love drafting like I love eating ice cream or having sex; I love revising like I love doing logic puzzles; I love line-editing like I love perfectly organizing a bookshelf; I hate reviewing copyedits and the second round of proofreading because, by then, I'm getting pretty tired of my own words. They all have their own challenges, though.
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Erik Larson
American Author
The writer marks the changes he wants to make, while a proofreader also goes through the galley, checking it page-by-page against the manuscript. Once all these changes are identified, a second-pass proof is made, and this, too, gets sent to the author and the proofreader, and the process begins anew.
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Robert De Niro
Actor
My mother worked for a woman, Maria Ley-Piscator, who with her husband founded the Dramatic Workshop, which was connected to the New School. My mother did proofreading and typing and stuff or her, and as part of her payment, I was able to take acting classes there on Saturdays when I was 10.
Quote examples
John Updike
American Novelist
I should mention something that nobody ever thinks about, but proofreading takes a lot of time. After you write something, there are these proofs that keep coming, and there's this panicky feeling that 'This is me and I must make it better.
Quote examples
J. A. Konrath
American Writer
I can hire out for editing, proofreading, formatting, and cover design, and those are fixed, sunk costs. Once those are paid, I can earn 70% on a self-pubbed ebook.
Quote examples
Lindsay Mendez
American Actress
I think I'm the person who keeps friends from hitting 'send.' I've definitely helped people go through emails before sending them. I'm a good proofreader.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
I don't know if I officially proofread my father's book, but I read it. I did get some conception of grammar in general from that.
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Rajinikanth
Indian Actor
I was a Kannada journalist and had worked in 'Samyukta Karnataka' newspaper as a proofreader.
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Sam Trammell
American Actor
I used to work as a proofreader at Merrill Lynch.
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