Masimatutu@mander.xyz to Murdered by Words · edit-211 months agoRaskin to Santos: “I appreciate your note and only wish someone would have proofread it first. [...] PS: It's not shameful to resign.”files.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1328arrow-down17
arrow-up1321arrow-down1imageRaskin to Santos: “I appreciate your note and only wish someone would have proofread it first. [...] PS: It's not shameful to resign.”files.mastodon.socialMasimatutu@mander.xyz to Murdered by Words · edit-211 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squarelemmus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down20·11 months agoIt’s not shameful to resign, but it is shameful to refer to copyediting as proofreading.
minus-squareagissilver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-211 months agoproofread /proo͞f′rēd″/ intransitive verb To read (copy or proof) in order to find errors and mark corrections. To read copy or proof for purposes of error detection and correction. verb To check a written text for errors in spelling and grammar.
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoIn your mind, what is proofreading?
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It’s not shameful to resign, but it is shameful to refer to copyediting as proofreading.
proofread /proo͞f′rēd″/
intransitive verb
To read (copy or proof) in order to find errors and mark corrections.
To read copy or proof for purposes of error detection and correction.
verb To check a written text for errors in spelling and grammar.
In your mind, what is proofreading?