# The Case of the Missing Editor/Proofreader.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-editor-proofreader/732243>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 22, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-editor-proofreader/732243 "2015-09-22T21:28:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-editor-proofreader/732243/61 "2015-09-25T23:51:10Z")

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> [@Derleth](#):
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> **Amateur Barbarian** : The fact you know about dyslexia and persist in making your argument tells me all I need to know about your position.

…what?

You’ve always struck me as a fairly rational poster, so I’ll just say… thanks for playing.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-editor-proofreader/732243/62 "2015-09-26T05:39:46Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> How are they pronounced differently? In my dialect, both are exactly the same.

He clearly separated the two syllables and said “of.” It didn’t even sound like a contraction.

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-editor-proofreader/732243/63 "2015-09-26T05:48:54Z")

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> [@jsgoddess](#):
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> I find it works for many things. But yes, those horrible meaningless sentences will leap out when read aloud.
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> You bring up a good point, too. Reading from a screen and reading from paper are two different things. Print and read things you want to be typo/error free. It helps.

My wife has discovered that if she moves her stuff to her Kindle, she can find still other sets of errors.

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**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-editor-proofreader/732243/64 "2015-09-26T06:00:51Z")

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> [@tapu](#):
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> Maybe it’s the evolution of communication… or the decline of a literate society.

I came up with the term “post-literate” during a similar conversation.

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