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I just love it when I'm being played for a sap. Really I do.
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OP, the following sentences snipped and highlighted from your post #22 here illustrate my frustration:
Indeed you do not understand what proofreading involves. Nor do you understand the work, skill, and experience involved. Editing does not equal copyediting. Neither editing nor copyediting equal proofreading.
Also, the number of errors in your post above indicates that you need considerably more experience before you try for a professional proofreading career.
Annoyed Lily is annoyed.
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OP, the following sentences snipped and highlighted from your post #22 here illustrate my frustration:
<snip> I played dumb and asked a couple of general, naive ones in hopes I'd get the information and perspective I wanted <snip>
This is not a good start here. Just though I'd mention that.
I am guessing that a job like Chris had, proofreading scientific articles from non-native English speakers, would be considerably harder than just proofreading a book
like one I'm beta-ing right now, which only has a plethora of misused semicolons, a few missing words, and a couple comma/period swaps. If someone only proofread for, say, self publishers after they've done all the editing they can and just want another pair of eyes to catch everything they missed, what would be the typical speed that a proofreader could do a good job at, and shouldn't the price reflect the relatively lighter work?
Indeed you do not understand what proofreading involves. Nor do you understand the work, skill, and experience involved. Editing does not equal copyediting. Neither editing nor copyediting equal proofreading.
Also, the number of errors in your post above indicates that you need considerably more experience before you try for a professional proofreading career.
Annoyed Lily is annoyed.
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