PROOF READING
\pɹˈuːf ɹˈiːdɪŋ], \pɹˈuːf ɹˈiːdɪŋ], \p_ɹ_ˈuː_f ɹ_ˈiː_d_ɪ_ŋ]\
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The subsequent checking and rechecking of a written document before it is sent to the printers. It includes checking of spelling, grammar, layouts, photos, headings and indexes in books, magazines, leaflets, pamphlets. A web page can also be proof read for errors.
By Henry Campbell Black
Word of the day
basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).