Get Paid to Read Books and Point Out Other People's Mistakes
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““The Essential Qualities of a Good The Essential Qualities of a Good Proofreader Are to Love Reading and Proofreader Are to Love Reading and Pointing out the Mistakes of Others.” Pointing out the Mistakes of Others.”
Danny Marcus © 2003
The Editorial ProcessWriter puts words on
paper
Text is edited
Text is designed
Text is set into type Text is proofread
Corrected text is sent to printer
Proofreaders Fulfill the Function of Editorial Quality Control
• Proofreaders check the work of the typesetter
• Proofreaders check the work of the copy editor
• Proofreaders check the work of the designer
Some Proofreading Is Specialized
• Financial
• Foreign languages– Foreign alphabets
• Math and other technical material
• Legal
– Court Reporters
• Music
• Braille
• Maps
• Check the words and everything about them
• Check consistency• Check overall appearance
– This is not a check of design specifications
Check the Words and Everything About Them
• 100% responsibility for• Spelling
– Consistency of spelling– Incorrect spelling
• Missing, or wrong, or extra letters, or letters in the wrong order
• All the correct letters but something else is wrong
• Hyphenation
• Less than 100% responsibility for– Grammar– Punctuation– Word usage– Interpretability
• Less responsibility than
above for – Factual correctness
• of Spel1ing • of Punctuation• Of Format• of Style• of Layout• of Factual statements
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lc
Check Overall Appearance
• Text shouldn’t run into artwork
• Text shouldn’t run into the next column or off the page
• Too short a line in the middle of a paragraph
• Differently sized text in an odd place
• Uneven spacing between words
• Lowercase letter L in place of number 1
• “Dumb” quotes in place of “smart” quotes
Books and Work Tools• Dictionary
– Specialized– Foreign language– Speller/divider
• Usage guides– Prescriptivist– Descriptivist
• Style guides• Reference books
– Almanac• Atlas
– Grammar
• Erasable pencil– Carmine Red is best
color
• Big block eraser• Self-sticking notes• Straightedge• Calculator
– Proofread math
• Magnifier• Type scale
Sample Proofreading Marks
• Typographic symbols • Punctuation symbols
delete
insert
Close up
Insert period
Insert comma
Insert apostrophe
Danny Marcus
Print and electronic formatsTeacher of Proofreading
62 Washington Street, Suite 2Marblehead, Mass. 01945-3553
781-631-3886/ [email protected]
Copy Editor Proofreader
Danny Marcus Word Worker 781-631-3886
The End