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- noun A chamber used in baking that encourages fermentation of dough by yeast through warm temperatures and controlled humidity.
- noun One who proofs.
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Examples
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A proofer is a guy that goes over the translation, checks for spelling and grammer mistakes as well as logic and punctuation errors.
Baka Updates Manga 2009
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She spent a lot of time on each issue, serving as writer, editor, copy editor, proofer and ad salesperson.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Memory Keeper Nancy Ruhling 2011
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She spent a lot of time on each issue, serving as writer, editor, copy editor, proofer and ad salesperson.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Memory Keeper Nancy Ruhling 2011
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We get so close to our materials that it's easy to miss things and your detail oriented proofer can catch mistakes that could be a deal breaker if left unnoticed.
Caroline Dowd-Higgins: Convene Your Personal Board of Directors Caroline Dowd-Higgins 2011
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She spent a lot of time on each issue, serving as writer, editor, copy editor, proofer and ad salesperson.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Memory Keeper Nancy Ruhling 2011
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I live in "Texes" and really want to send in a wreck...but here's irony: I, the proofer, was deeply distressed when I discovered that my local grocery store cake decorators can spell and write well...bummer!
What's That Spell? 2010
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But sometimes, it's more efficient in terms of overall time/effort/costs to hire two proficient keyboarders to keyboard the books/papers in question, and use diff to compare them, then pay a proofer to proof against hardcopy original.
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Yes her publisher is really doing her a disservice, even an amateur proofer could have caught most of the problems.
“The Last Angel” by Natasha Rhodes Doug Knipe 2008
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Liane: Spell check is a completely worthless program; trust the pro proofer here.
A "Dreme" Come True 2010
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The proofer spotlight is just a way for me to appreciate them publicly, thus reducing the odds of them killing me in my sleep.
seanan_mcguire: The periodic welcome post. seanan_mcguire 2009
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