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In May 1962, Cormac McCarthy addressed a letter to the “fiction editor” of Random House—the only publisher he’d heard of—and sent it along with a manuscript he had not proofread.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

It’s a clear no, with the only exceptions being when editors use A.I. to proofread their writing or translate foreign-language entries.

From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026

“We still need to proofread every chart it creates” — thus acknowledging, accurately, that AI can increase, not relieve, users’ workloads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Kaspar did a Q&A for the Sophia’s Cure YouTube channel from the Gaynors’ dining room and proofread posts Vincent wrote for the charity’s website.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2025

She asked me to proofread her introduction; it was fine, really tap-quality work.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

Scheduling should include time for rewrites, proofreads and secondary reads by friends, colleagues and family members, experts say.

From Nature ● Dec. 19, 2019

Between homework and scholarship applications, Huynh said she usually proofreads her dad’s emails, checking for accurate grammar and punctuation. He keeps a notebook with key vocabulary terms and phrases by his computer to learn daily.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2018

He also proofreads the game program and can recall statistics, with savant-like accuracy, from Oregon Tech victories 20 years ago.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2012

On the train, she makes more calls and proofreads documents.

From Time Magazine Archive

In addition to adding a slop button, LinkedIn last month said it was phasing out an “enhance your post” feature that encouraged the use of AI tools for proofreading and rewriting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Now financially secure, Hu is inundated with requests for proofreading and advice from aspiring writers.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

Human editors then adapt the generated copy to something that the real Al Michaels might say spontaneously, while proofreading the text for any typos—especially those pertaining to athlete names.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2024

Or someone changing text after the proofreading was finished?

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2023

Now he had to struggle to say something that interested her, something that made her look up from her plate, or from her proofreading files.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri