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Journal hotspotbloc's Journal: Proof editing is a dying art

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http://www.miami.com.nyud.net:8090/mld/miamiherald/13588494.htm (cached)
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13588494.htm (current)

Example: the writer meant to say "Alvarez, 61, was a professor at FIU, teaching education classes since 1974 ..." but some slang was not edited out so instead read "Alvarez, 61, was a lifer at FIU, teaching education classes since 1974 ..."

Opps. =)

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