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Originally Posted by rkomar
It can be hard for writers to correct their own typos. Unless you can distance yourself from the work, you often "read" what you meant to say rather than what you actually said. It helps to set the work aside and forget what you meant to say before proofing it.
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Originally Posted by rkomar
Editors don't have that problem.
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Not quite right. Editors also tend to read what they expect to read. An excellent editor will catch most -- but not all -- TYPO errors. Where the problem mostly arises with professional editors is when something comes down to a matter of style or opinion.
I think most professional editors would catch and correct "to balls added to three balls". But what about "copyeditor", "copy-editor", and "copy editor"? All three spellings are currently accepted as correct. The question in that instance is not "is the spelling correct?" or "is it a typo?", but "is the spelling consistent throughout the manuscript?"
Need to be careful that TYPO is not confused with INCONSISTENT.