Proofreading Task

A Proofreading Task is a editing activity that involves production error detection and production error correction.

• Context:
  • It can be solved by a Proofreading System.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Copy Editing.
  • Copy Writing.
• See: Publication, DNA Replication, Reading (Activity), Galley Proof, Writing, Graphic Arts.

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References

2015

• (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/proofreading Retrieved:2015-7-8.
  • Proofreading is the reading of a galley proof or an electronic copy of a publication to detect and correct production errors of text or art. Proofreaders are expected to be consistently accurate by default because they occupy the last stage of typographic production before publication.

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