英语词汇poor proofreading的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	poor proofreading
词源	poor proofreading. “Some say the reason for [so many mis- prints in British books today] is the increasingly liberal attitude of the Church of England. Not enough parsons are unfrocked these days. These [highly educated] unfortunates of earlier days were often happy to find themselves employment in printing houses, correcting proofs.” -London Daily Telegraph April 24, 1979
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