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There is no such thing as ‘only a quick proofread’

11 Aug 2016proofreading

Over many years of proofreading I have heard the statement ‘it only needs a quick proofread’ from people enquiring about the cost of proofreading services, implying they expect that the proofread will take little time at all and the only […]

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