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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

This Week’s Q&A: What’s the Difference Between Proofreading and Copyediting?

by Anne Wayman on October 27th, 2005

Question: I see ads for proofreading and for copyediting. What’s the difference between the two? jk

Answer: Hi jk - proofreading and copyediting do tend to blur, but there is a difference. According to Dictionary.com, proofreading is: To read … (read the rest of the answer)

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