Crossword-Solution: PROOFREADER
We have 9 clues for the answer “PROOFREADER”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Editor/geometry teacher | 1 answer |
| Geometry teacher's second career? | 1 answer |
| Member of the math faculty, at times? | 1 answer |
| One looking for trouble, in a way | 1 answer |
| Slip spotter | 1 answer |
| a person who proofreads | 1 answer |
| someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections | 1 answer |
| reviser | 5 answers |
| Editor | 12 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EATRE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PROOFREADER (5)
Perhaps in the original that immortal line read: “The Irish rush in where angels fear to tread,” and some proofreader had a particular grudge against the race.
Old man Pritchard of the 'Argus' oncet had a hole blown through his arm because his proofreader had called Colonel Starbottle's speech an 'ignominious' defense, when the old man hed written 'ingenuous' defense.” The editor paused in his proof-reading.
Transcribed by David Starner, Kevin Handy, and the Online Distributed Proofreader Team THE Country Housewife AND LADY'S DIRECTOR IN THE Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm.
But this gentle pen-pusher in Frankfort, who passed his vocabulary at Froben's proofreader, Erasmus in time calls a "schamp," because he used cheap paper, cheap ink and close margins.
But why should the printer bother himself about punctuation at all? Is that not the business of the author, the editor, and the proofreader? Strictly speaking, yes, but authors generally neglect punctuation, copy is not usually carefully edited before going to the compositor, and proofreader's corrections are expensive.
Quotes with PROOFREADER (1)
I was 15 when I got my first job as a proofreader for an advertising agency in the City, earning £12 a week. But by then, I was already playing darts tournaments every weekend, regularly winning the £50 first prize. By the time I was 16 and winning two or three contests a weekend, I ditched the agency job and concentrated on darts.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (2004–2014).