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Discover LudwigThe term "copy editor" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to an individual who edits and reads written material before it is published. For example, "The copy editor found several typos in the manuscript before it was printed."
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copy editor
noun
Someone who corrects printed material and prepares it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.
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Either Truss needed a copy editor or her copy editor needed a copy editor.
What about "abstemiously"? the copy editor replied.
I became that critical copy editor.
First, there's Nina, a freelance copy editor in her 30s.
They transcended the office of the copy editor.
Andrew Boynton is a copy editor at The New Yorker.
Ms. Lukyanovich, the copy editor, felt something similar.
Posing as a copy editor he got the Tribune job.
His mother, who is retired, was a copy editor.
"Copy Editor Deletes Copycat Killer" the local tabloid headlines screamed.
(I hope my copy editor checks this out).
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