Sentence examples for proofreaders- from inspiring English sources

Many of the Gutenberg books (including those used by Mr. Seltzer) are also prepared by Distributed Proofreaders (pgdp.net/c/), which does for proofreading what Wikipedia does for encyclopedias.

Aside from the whirring of the press, the room was quiet, another reflection of the fact that the legions of compositors, proofreaders, platemakers and press operators on three shifts who once filled these press rooms a block from Union Station have long since disappeared.

For proofreaders and note takers, universities "will be expected to be the primary providers of this support" from next year.

4. Gordon Burns, the former presenter of 'The Krypton Factor', is the cousin of which singer? 5. What is the word used by proofreaders to indicate that a marked alteration should be ignored?

The five incumbents call themselves copy editors, page O.K.'ers, query proofreaders, and second readers.

Yet, the next day, attending afternoon breakfasts with his wondering cohort of Ph.D. candidates and proofreaders, Kromer played the part of Rasputin or Gurdjieff, expected to launch foul seductions or even abductions.

We have meetings before a piece closes where the editor, author, fact-checker and proofreader sit down together and, occasionally, I will think something is wrong that the author wants.

LAST week I reported on Ben Yagoda's results from trying Grammarly, which for $140 per year will be "an automated proofreader and your personal grammar coach".

April 2, 1812 Newcastle upon Tyne, England February 2, 1876 London, England John Forster, (born April 2, 1812, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Eng. died Feb. 2, 1876, London), writer and journalist, a notable figure in mid-19th-century literary London who, through his friendship with the influential editor Leigh Hunt, became adviser, agent, and proofreader to many leading writers of the day.

Rabéarivelo, a largely self-educated man who earned his living as a proofreader for the Imerina Printing Press, wrote seven volumes of poetry before his tragic death.

In Tokyo he earned his living as a proofreader and poetry editor of the Asahi newspaper, enduring financial hardship occasioned partly by his own improvidence.