Proofreading Marks
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When proofreading your document, you should mark all corrections using the common proofreading marks shown below.
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delete |
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insert |
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insert space |
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close up |
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spell out |
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insert hyphen |
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make letter lowercase |
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make letter lowercase |
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make letter uppercase |
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make letter uppercase |
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transpose |
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insert period |
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insert comma |
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start new paragraph |
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let it stand |
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align |
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flush right |
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flush left |
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start new line |
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fix broken letter |
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change to italic |