I admire good proofreaders. For most of us, I think, when our brains know the word (or number) which is supposed to be there we look right past an error, even when in large type in a title. A trick I learned from my advisor, Chuck Triplehorn, for proofreading is to both read for content, and also read through the paper backwards. Seeing the words in reverse, out of context, makes it easier to spot misspellings.
An interesting and important post - thanks! The error in the title of Frétey’s paper illustrates the fact that typos and mistakes in titles are the most likely to escape the attention of proofreaders. (As a proofreader of academic papers myself, Muphry's law would suggest that there's probably an egregious error in my own comment, of course.) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law
I admire good proofreaders. For most of us, I think, when our brains know the word (or number) which is supposed to be there we look right past an error, even when in large type in a title. A trick I learned from my advisor, Chuck Triplehorn, for proofreading is to both read for content, and also read through the paper backwards. Seeing the words in reverse, out of context, makes it easier to spot misspellings.
An interesting and important post - thanks! The error in the title of Frétey’s paper illustrates the fact that typos and mistakes in titles are the most likely to escape the attention of proofreaders. (As a proofreader of academic papers myself, Muphry's law would suggest that there's probably an egregious error in my own comment, of course.) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law