"proofread for" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to mean "read a text in order to identify and correct errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, etc." For example: "I'm proofreading for typos before sending off this application."
Releases typically were proofread for accuracy and content by at least four or five people.
The Lab's objective is to help graduate students grow as independent academic writers, rather than proofread for them.
She suggested that they stem from a fictional movie script that she has worked on and which Busch proofread for her.
Your paper should be clearly organized, proofread for grammar and spelling, and all scholarly ideas must be cited using the ASA style manual.
In our current system, YFAD, finding aids are published once a week after the documents are proofread for content and for correct EAD encoding.
There are a number of similar repetitions, and while Dyer presents himself as a maverick figure with no time for what he calls the "ferocious nit-picking" of specialists, it doesn't seem unreasonably pedantic to expect the author of a 400-page book to proofread for such repetitions.
Proofreading for content, accuracy and style is key.
Checking your first draft for clarity is just as important as proofreading for typos – sometimes it can help to print out your work for this.
Though not exactly a household name, Mr. Schmidt, who supplements his income by proofreading for magazines and coaching basketball, has had some success.
But it seemed to me that assistant editors did lots of proofreading for very little money.
Remember who won't be proofreading for you at midnight near the end.
