These Are The Commonly Used Proofreading Symbols
These Are The Commonly Used Proofreading Symbols
These Are The Commonly Used Proofreading Symbols
with specific details about the change that should be made, and a mark in the text showing where those
The full set of proofreading marks is defined by British Standard BS 5261 and further information can be
Our experience tells us that the best way to learn the proofreading marks is to use them — that's far better
than trying to simply memorise them in the abstract. Proofread a few documents with a copy of the marks
at your side and look up the right proofreading symbol each time you need to mark up an error. By the time
you've marked up a few documents, you'll have identified those proofreading marks that you're likely to use
and will have started to memorise them without having to make a conscious effort.
Remember, when all else fails, you can simply put a circle around the text that needs to be altered and put
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"Stet" Leave the text as it was and ignore any under the characters to be left
marks that have been made as they were.
Query this with the author, printer or publisher Circle round text to be queried
The instruction The mark in the margin The mark in the copy
Semi-colon As above
Colon As above
Apostrophe As above
Single quote
As above
mark(s) or
Double quote
As above
marks or
Ellipsis As above
Hyphen As above
The instruction The mark in the margin The mark in the copy
Paragraph break
Remove paragraph
break
Indent
Specify the size of indent
Remove indent
Centre
Remove space
Insert space between The mark starts in the margin and extends between the
lines lines. If it is not a single line-space, give size