PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible. (Ambrose Bierce)

PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible.

Ambrose Bierce

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