Vocabulary Tips
Get to grips with the vocabulary that you'll encounter as a freelance proofreader, editor, or writer. With in-depth definitions, helpful side-by-side comparisons, and glossaries of terms – we've got you covered.
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13 Latin Terms Every Proofreader Should Know
13 Latin Terms Every Proofreader Should Know
Published Mar 26, 2018
Last Updated Nov 25, 2024You might want to throw on some Ricky Martin before you read this because we’re going Latin. Unfortunately, it’s not going to be as sexy as Señor Martin was at his hip-gyrating peak. In your proofreading career you will encounter several Latin terms, and you may already be familiar with many of them. However, it’s […]
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Proofreading Before Computers
Proofreading Before Computers
Published Nov 21, 2017
Last Updated Nov 28, 2024Proofreading dates back to the early days of printing: a contract from 1499 even mentions it, saying that the responsibility for proofreading lies with the author. But it may interest technology fans to know that Microsoft Word was not around in the fifteenth century. And proofreading before computers was, necessarily, very different. As such, to […]
The Etymology of ‘Proofreading’
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13 Latin Terms Every Proofreader Should Know
Published Mar 26, 2018
Last Updated Nov 25, 2024You might want to throw on some Ricky Martin before you read this because we’re going Latin. Unfortunately, it’s not going to be as sexy as Señor Martin was at his hip-gyrating peak. In your proofreading career you will encounter several Latin terms, and you may already be familiar with many of them. However, it’s […]
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Proofreading Before Computers
Published Nov 21, 2017
Last Updated Nov 28, 2024Proofreading dates back to the early days of printing: a contract from 1499 even mentions it, saying that the responsibility for proofreading lies with the author. But it may interest technology fans to know that Microsoft Word was not around in the fifteenth century. And proofreading before computers was, necessarily, very different. As such, to […]
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The Etymology of ‘Proofreading’
Published Sep 28, 2017
Last Updated May 16, 2023Here at Knowadays we have a poster on the wall (next to the signed pictures of our favourite pedants of stage and screen) that says, ‘You don’t have to know the etymology of “proofreading” to work here, but it helps!’ Our questionable taste in wall décor aside, the term ‘proofreading’ does make more sense when […]
