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Murphy’s Law assures us that no amount of proofreading will uncover all the errors in a work about to be published. The question is, how many re-readings are reasonable? In my personal experience I have found that two readings of galleys and two of page proofs will catch 99 percent of the errors. Unfortunately the remaining 1 percent are often the mistakes that not only cause embarrassment but trouble. For example, the wrong numbers for ordering merchandise or misspelled names.

     
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Murphy’s Law assures us that no amount of proofreading will uncover all the errors in a set of proofs. The question is, how many rereadings are reasonable? I have found that two readings of galleys and two readings of page proofs will catch 99 percent of the errors. Unfortunately, the remaining 1 percent are often the mistakes that cause not only embarrassment but trouble—for example, misspelled names or incorrect catalog numbers for merchandise.

 
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No amount of proofreading can uncover all the errors in a set of proofs. Two readings of galleys and two readings of page proofs will catch 99 percent of the errors, but the remaining mistakes—incorrect phone numbers or misspelled names—often cause both embarrassment and trouble.

 
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Murphy’s Law assures us that no amount of proofreading will uncover all the errors in a work about to be published. The question is, how many re-readings are reasonable? In my personal experience I have found that two readings of galleys and two of page proofs will catch 99 percent of the errors. Unfortunately the remaining 1 percent are often the mistakes that not only cause embarrassment but trouble. For example, the wrong numbers for ordering merchandise or misspelled names.   Murphy’s Law assures us that no amount of proofreading will uncover all the errors in a work about to be published. The question is, how many re-readings are reasonable? In my professional experience I have found that two readings of galleys and two of page proofs will catch 99 percent of the errors. Unfortunately, the remaining 1 percent are often the mistakes that cause not only embarrassment but trouble—for example, misspelled names or the wrong numbers for ordering merchandise . Murphy’s Law assures us that no amount of proofreading will uncover all the errors in a set of proofs. The question is, how many rereadings are reasonable? I have found that two readings of galleys and two readings of page proofs will catch 99 percent of the errors. Unfortunately, the remaining 1 percent are often the mistakes that cause not only embarrassment but trouble—for example, misspelled names or incorrect catalog numbers for merchandise.   No amount of proofreading can uncover all the errors in a set of proofs. Two readings of galleys and two readings of page proofs will catch 99 percent of the errors, but the remaining mistakes—incorrect phone numbers or misspelled names—often cause both embarrassment and trouble.