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    Proofreaders' Marks: Basic Tools For Proofreading and Editing

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    This document provides guidelines for standard proofreaders' marks used to edit and correct printed documents. It explains how to use various symbols to indicate insertions, deletions, changes to letters, words, punctuation, capitalization, numbers, abbreviations, paragraphs, and text formatting like italics and bold. The goal is to clearly communicate all corrections to the original text.

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    Proofreaders' Marks: Basic Tools For Proofreading and Editing

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    This document provides guidelines for standard proofreaders' marks used to edit and correct printed documents. It explains how to use various symbols to indicate insertions, deletions, changes to letters, words, punctuation, capitalization, numbers, abbreviations, paragraphs, and text formatting like italics and bold. The goal is to clearly communicate all corrections to the original text.

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    HOW 12 Proofreading Symbols

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    This document provides guidelines for standard proofreaders' marks used to edit and correct printed documents. It explains how to use various symbols to indicate insertions, deletions, changes to letters, words, punctuation, capitalization, numbers, abbreviations, paragraphs, and text formatting like italics and bold. The goal is to clearly communicate all corrections to the original text.

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    Proofreaders' Marks: Basic Tools For Proofreading and Editing

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    Vic V. Magara
    This document provides guidelines for standard proofreaders' marks used to edit and correct printed documents. It explains how to use various symbols to indicate insertions, deletions, changes to letters, words, punctuation, capitalization, numbers, abbreviations, paragraphs, and text formatting like italics and bold. The goal is to clearly communicate all corrections to the original text.

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    The key takeaways are the various proofreading marks used to edit and correct text in printed documents.

    You show corrections on printed documents by using a pen with contrasting ink color and standard proofreading marks to clearly mark all changes.

    Common proofreading marks used to correct text include using carets for insertions, diagonals for deletions, and writing corrections above deleted text.

    Proofreaders’ Marks

    Basic Tools for


    Proofreading
    and
    Editing
    Editing Printed Documents

    Use a pen with contrasting-colored ink.


    Use standard proofreaders’ marks to
    show corrections.
    Mark all corrections clearly.
    Correcting General Errors

    Use a caret () to show an insertion.


    Place a diagonal (/) through an unwanted letter.
    Change a letter by placing a diagonal through
    it and writing the correct letter above it.
    Deleting and Changing

    Delete words and phrases by running a


    horizontal line through them.
    Change text by first deleting it and then
    writing the correction above the deletion.
    Transposing

    Use the transposition symbol to


    indicate a reversal of keystrokes,
    words, phrases, and even sentences.
    Closing Up and Inserting Spaces

    Close up an extra space with loops above and


    below the space.
    Show where a space is needed by using the
    insertion caret and placing the number sign
    directly above the caret.
    Just a few more
    proofreaders’
    marks . . .
    Changing Internal Punctuation

    + To add internal punctuation, place the comma, semicolon,


    or colon inside a caret at the point of insertion.
    – To delete internal punctuation, place a diagonal through
    the mark.
    ± To change internal punctuation, delete the incorrect mark
    and insert the correct one.
    Changing Closing Punctuation

    + To add closing punctuation, write periods, question


    marks, and exclamation marks—and circle them.
    – To delete closing punctuation, place a diagonal
    through the mark.
    ± To change closing punctuation, delete the incorrect
    mark and add the correct one; circle the new mark.
    Other Punctuation

    Add quotation marks or an apostrophe by placing


    the mark in an inverted insertion mark ().
    Add a hyphen by using the insertion mark () at the
    point of entry and placing an equal sign (=) directly
    above the caret.
    Capitalizing Words

     To show that a single letter should be


    capitalized, place three short lines under it.
     To show that entire words should be
    capitalized, underline the word or word
    group three times.
    Correcting Capitalized Words

    Place a diagonal ( / ) through a capital letter


    that should appear in lowercase form.
    Use a diagonal and a straight line to show
    which letters should not be capitalized in
    words appearing in all capital letters.
    Number Usage

    If a figure should be written in words, circle


    the figure.
    If a number written in word form should be in
    figures, draw a horizontal line through it and
    write the correct figure or figures above it.
    Abbreviations

    If an abbreviation should be spelled out,


    circle the abbreviation.
    If a word or words should be abbreviated,
    draw a horizontal line through the word or
    words and write the abbreviation above the
    lined-out text.
    Paragraphs

    To insert a new paragraph, place a paragraph


    mark (¶) at the point of insertion.
    To delete a new paragraph beginning, write No ¶
    where the paragraphs are to be combined.
    Italics and Bold

    Underline any words that should appear


    in italics.
    Place a wavy line under any words that
    should be bolded.

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