Proofread like a pro: how to catch those pesky mistakes your spell checker misses

Why is it that you only see those pesky, embarrassing typos in important pieces of writing AFTER they’ve gone to press? Like this one from one of my own archives:

…he never fully recovered from the pubic humiliation of having his…
I’ve never fully recovered from that particular "pubic humiliation" either. When you work with words for [...]

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