proofreading

proofread | American Dictionary

proofread
verb[ I/T ]
us/ˈprufˌrid/
to read and correct a piece of written work:
[ I/T ]Tondra proofreads (books) for a small publishing company.

proofread | Business English

proofread
verb[ I or T ]
uk /ˈpruːfriːd/us
to find and correct mistakes in copies of printed text before the final copies are printed:
I was asked to proofread the website by the next day.

Examples of proofread

proofread
Last, but not least, on the negative side that is, the book is rather sloppily edited\\proofread.
To take the latter first, base lists must have been proofread to remove systematic typos and spelling errors.
The audiotaped speech samples were later transcribed and proofread for accuracy by undergraduate research assistants.
Often writers have no experience of editing and proofreading their text.
This means that he wrote those bracketed paragraphs while proofreading, presumably in the late 1880s, and while he was still living with his beloved.
Similarly, half of the read write measure is composed of passage comprehension, whereas the other half is composed equally of proofreading and dictation (one-quarter each).
It is well edited, copyedited, and proofread (typos are few, and examples of bad style even fewer).
It has been proofread with the greatest accuracy, helping to lend it an air of lasting authority.
Similar comparisons with adults are more difficult because adults produce many fewer errors when proofreading and writing.
Beyond a fairly large number of spelling, grammatical, and proofreading mistakes, these can be summed up under a number of headings.
The chapters are well written, edited and proofread.
Most importantly, every single interview was proofread by supervisors.
Although it would have benefited from an additional proofread and an index, the book is well organized for reference.
While they are excellent tools to help proofread documents and even improve the writer's ability to spell they have their limitations.
Apart from these slips, though, the book has been impeccably proofread and boasts professional design and appealing layout.
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