proofreader
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In one case, a proofreader was imprisoned when a misspelling was alleged to have been part of a grand conspiracy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Seung Oh, CEO of Engram, an AI-powered grammar checker and proofreader for non-native English speakers, offers a different — and deeply thought provoking — perspective.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2024
Fuyuko is a mild-mannered proofreader working from her Tokyo apartment who spies in her own reflection “the dictionary definition of a miserable person.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
David Price, KC, for retired computer programmer Paul Read, said his client was a "mere proofreader" and not responsible for the articles.
From BBC ● May 2, 2023
After working as a proofreader in the seventh grade, I’d started laying out pages in the eighth grade, and in the ninth grade I began reporting and writing articles and taking photographs.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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