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In May 1962, Cormac McCarthy addressed a letter to the “fiction editor” of Random House—the only publisher he’d heard of—and sent it along with a manuscript he had not proofread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
It’s a clear no, with the only exceptions being when editors use A.I. to proofread their writing or translate foreign-language entries.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026
Apple said that workers at the new factory in Texas will produce servers for Apple Intelligence, an AI system that can help people write, proofread text and complete other tasks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2025
Kaspar did a Q&A for the Sophia’s Cure YouTube channel from the Gaynors’ dining room and proofread posts Vincent wrote for the charity’s website.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2025
He was scratching rapidly at the second page, his fingers blue with ink, while Henry proofread the first one, dashing in subscripts and aspirants with his fountain pen.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Scheduling should include time for rewrites, proofreads and secondary reads by friends, colleagues and family members, experts say.
From Nature ● Dec. 19, 2019
Between homework and scholarship applications, Huynh said she usually proofreads her dad’s emails, checking for accurate grammar and punctuation. He keeps a notebook with key vocabulary terms and phrases by his computer to learn daily.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2018
He also proofreads the game program and can recall statistics, with savant-like accuracy, from Oregon Tech victories 20 years ago.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2012
On the train, she makes more calls and proofreads documents.
From Time Magazine Archive
In addition to adding a slop button, LinkedIn last month said it was phasing out an “enhance your post” feature that encouraged the use of AI tools for proofreading and rewriting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
It will go back to a simple proofreading tool.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Now financially secure, Hu is inundated with requests for proofreading and advice from aspiring writers.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
Once Blanchard was released, that’s when the editing, proofreading and fact-checking began.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
Now he had to struggle to say something that interested her, something that made her look up from her plate, or from her proofreading files.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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