Proofreader

The proofreader's and copy editor's tasks are most important and time-consuming. After a copy editor reviews and edits a document, the marked-up corrections get keyed in.
After that, a proofreader reads the revised, updated version against the original version to ensure that all of the marked corrections on the original got interpreted and input both correctly and in the right places in the document, that the marked corrections were not misinterpreted,
 and that none of the corrections got overlooked or skipped.
At EditAmerica.com, the tasks of freelance editing and freelance proofreading require freelance editors' and freelance proofreaders' close attention to a document's every detail, a thorough knowledge of what to look for and of the style to be followed, and the ability to make quick, logical, and defensible decisions.
To begin with, proofreaders and editors are thoroughly familiar with and comfortable applying the universally accepted editorial and typographic marks and symbols-as described in The Chicago Manual of Style and summarized under proofreader's marks in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary-that are commonly understood by compositors working in English.
The editorial function comprises two processes: mechanical editing and substantive editing.
 The proofreader's and copy editor's tasks are most important and time-consuming. After a copy editor reviews and edits a document, the marked-up corrections get keyed in.
After that, a proofreader reads the revised, updated version against the original version to ensure that all of the marked corrections on the original got interpreted and input both correctly and in the right places in the document, that the marked corrections were not misinterpreted,
and that none of the corrections got overlooked or skipped.

 

At EditAmerica.com, the tasks of freelance editing and freelance proofreading require freelance editors' and freelance proofreaders' close attention to a document's every detail, a thorough knowledge of what to look for and of the style to be followed, and the ability to make quick, logical, and defensible decisions.
To begin with, proofreaders and editors are thoroughly familiar with and comfortable applying the universally accepted editorial and typographic marks and symbols-as described in The Chicago Manual of Style and summarized under proofreader's marks in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary-that are commonly understood by compositors working in English.

 


The editorial function comprises two processes: mechanical editing and substantive editing.
Mechanical editing involves a close reading, with an eye on consistency of capitalization, spelling, and hyphenation; on agreement of verbs and subjects; on scores of other matters of syntax; on punctuation, such as beginning and ending quotation marks and parentheses;
on the correct number of ellipsis points (it varies!); on numbers given either as figures or as words; and on hundreds of other,
similar details of grammatical and typographic style.