The work or process of reading, correcting, and editing manuscript copy before publication; the profession or activity of a copy editor.
From copyread + -ing; the verbal noun form describing the action and profession that emerged with modern journalism.
Copyreading is where obsessive detail-orientation becomes a virtue—copyreaders develop almost supernatural abilities to spot inconsistencies and errors, like how chess players instantly recognize bad positions without conscious analysis.
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