proof-listener

plural proof-listeners

1. alternativeAlternative form of prooflistener.

   “Proof-listener was Mrs. B. Morrison, Mrs. Norman Schnitzer’s mother,” the editor said. “We read all 250 recipes to her. She knew most of the traditional ones by heart.”

   1958 March 6, Barbara B. Zauner, “Sisterhood Compiles New Cookbook”, in Bristol Daily Courier, final edition, volume 49, number 95, Bristol, Pa., →OCLC, page 12, column 1

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   Read your article aloud to yourself, to someone else, to the dog—it doesn’t matter. You’ll pick up awkward sentences and unclear references when you hear your work. We highly recommend the “someone else,” too. Your “proof-listener” may hear something awkward that you missed or ask a question that you forgot to answer.

   2000, Sheree Bykofsky, Jennifer Basye Sander, Lynne Rominger, “Some Additional Pointers”, in The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles (The Complete Idiot’s Guide), Indianapolis, Ind.: Alpha Books, →ISBN, part 5 (A Short Course on Writing Effective Articles), chapter 18 (The Parts of the Article), page 203

   I listened carefully to this man’s message … several times. I wish he had left his name and number because I would have enjoyed visiting with him about his concerns. I also would have asked him to clarify the meaning of his last sentence. I’m not sure, but maybe a proof-listener would have helped …

   2000 April 2, Nancy Perkins, “This is a great newspaper, even though we slip sometimes”, in The Spectrum, St. George, Ut., →OCLC, page A4, columns 2–3