In proofreading, it's always the small things that count. Take these, for instance:

• These guys are the real heroes, making a difference one glaring typo at a time.

http://greattypohunt.com/

• It doesn't get more visible than this.

http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/strange/stoughton-name-misspelled-on-water-tower

• A proofreading error costs the Chicago Transit Authority $75,000 to fix.

http://www.ctatattler.com/2006/08/cta_map_mistake.html

• A great article about what it's really like to be one of us nervous-tic-type copyeditors.

http://www.theawl.com/2010/07/what-its-really-like-to-be-a-copy-editor

• The great Winston Churchill demonstrates that proper proofreading shouldn't necessarily

trump style. http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/churchill.html8

• The 1632 version of the King James Bible (aka the "Sinners' Bible") gave one stunning

command... http://agards-bible-timeline.com/q21_shalt_commit_adultery.html

• Our bastions of higher learning aren't exempt.

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/11/us/on-wisconson.html

• An allegedly misplaced comma loses $1,000,000 for Rogers Communications, Canada's

largest cable TV provider.

http://abovethelaw.com/2006/10/comma-comma-comma-comma-comma-chameleon/

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