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Proofreading Marks at a Glance 
 
Proofreading marks (also called proofreaders’ marks) are symbols and notations for correcting typeset pages. The proofreader places  
these marks in the margins and in corresponding lines of text.  A slash separates marginal marks that appear on the same line.   
 

Marginal Marginal
Textual Mark Instruction Textual Mark Instruction
Mark Mark

the a In first step, model insert ital strains of E coli set italic

refer back to delete bf Discussion set boldface

# Genesplice insert space lf given 5 mg daily set lightface

thin # 300 000 insert thin space rom we emphasize that set roman

This analysis insert 1-em space 3.27 × 109 set superscript

EEG re cording close up space 2 2H2 + O = 2H2O insert subscript

innoculate delete + close up wf One participant had wrong font

sp npo for 8 h spell out stet and a double helix stet (let it stand)

a seperate study substitute . The study ended insert period

tr mean rate error transpose , Moreover the data insert comma

¶ the RNA. We found new paragraph : on the following list insert colon
The following five
run in no paragraph ; in all cases however, insert semicolon
criteria
Use of anti-inflam- insert question
break line ? What is the dose
matory mark

to find the move left = double blind study insert hyphen


1
to find the move right pp 300 - 305 set en dash
N
The drugs have 1 the lowest--1, 2, and
move up set em dash
M 5--were added

The drugs have move down ’ 15 years experience insert apostrophe


said that the side insert quotation
Chapter Title center “ ” effects were minimal marks
P < .001
P < .05
align vertically ( ) tuberculosis TB insert parentheses

caps Medline capitalize [ ] (in tuberculosis TB) insert brackets

lc DNAse lowercase minus x2 - y2 set minus sign


capitalize +
c + lc journal article equals x2 − y2 z2 insert equals sign
lowercase

sc d-galactose set small caps prime The 5’ terminus set prime sign

 
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