Proofreading v. Copy Editing
January 10, 2008 by Anne Wayman
Filed under Jobs
A client recently asked me what the difference between a copy editor and a proofreader is. The short form is that the proofreader is, for the most part, looking only for typos. The copy editor, however, goes further and looks for style problems, technical punctuation and grammar problems and even awkward sentences.
You might want to read the article I wrote called: What’s the difference between proofreading and copy editing?
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Yep, and for those of us who do both, it’s darn tough to turn off that editor mode when proofreading! I think it would be safe to say that proofreaders are also going to point out sentence structure errors and will alert clients to any really nasty wording.
Lori, I’ve worked in newspaper offices where the proofreader couldn’t see the extras… extreme focus on tight deadlines…