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Remember the rule: I before E, except after C.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history. This is the Google definition. Where does the word proofreading come from? Let’s break it down. The origin of the word ‘proof’ comes from the Latin word probare, meaning ‘to confirm by testing.’ The modern

Ok. Let’s have a little fun! Here is an image compliments of justsomething.com. The intended message changed without proper punctuation. What do you think?

One of my favorite proofreader marks is the delete/remove symbol. In the image, I am deleting the second “had” because it does not belong. It is a double word. And another symbol used is the number sign or hash. The second symbol in the image above indicates that a space needs to be added between

A proofreader does the following: Reads the document Finds errors such as typos, double words, grammar, punctuation, spelling, formatting issues Marks errors Returns the document A proofreader does not re-write, or edit, the document.