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# proofread

«proofread» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To read a piece of writing carefully to find and correct…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (proofread, proofreads, proofread, proofreading)

### meaning for a pupil

To read a piece of writing carefully to find and correct mistakes in spelling, punctuation and grammar before it is finished or printed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/proofread/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons pupils are told to proofread their work before handing it in: check capital letters, full stops, spelling and missing words. Proofreading is the last step of the writing process (plan, draft, revise, edit, proofread). Phrases: proofread your work, a proofreader, proofreading marks.

### examples

- PARTIAL: English Wikisource transcription (proofread from Index:Sepher Yetzirah.djvu) — only Preface to the Second Edition, Introduction, and the text (chapters I-VI). (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/proofread/#x1)
- Always proofread your story before you hand it in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/proofread/#x2)
- I proofread my email and found three spelling mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/proofread/#x3)
- Can you proofread my letter, please? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/proofread/#x4)
- Proofreading helps you catch missing full stops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/proofread/#x5)
- My mum's job is to proofread books before they are printed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/proofread/#x6)
- She proofreads by reading her work aloud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/proofread/#x7)
- The spellchecker didn't notice "there" for "their", so proofread too. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/proofread/#x8)

### note

Past tense: proofread (spelled the same, but said "proof-red"). Also written proof-read. Noun for the person: proofreader. Trap: a spellchecker cannot catch homophones (their/there, to/too), so you still need to proofread yourself.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «proofread» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/proofread/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.