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Common Proofreading Marks: Instruction Text Mark Margin Mark

This document provides a list of common proofreading marks used to indicate edits or corrections for text. It includes 21 instruction marks used in the text or margin to denote changes such as corrections, deletions, formatting alterations, punctuation changes, and insertion of symbols. The marks are organized by the instruction, text mark if used inline, and corresponding margin mark.

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Common Proofreading Marks: Instruction Text Mark Margin Mark

This document provides a list of common proofreading marks used to indicate edits or corrections for text. It includes 21 instruction marks used in the text or margin to denote changes such as corrections, deletions, formatting alterations, punctuation changes, and insertion of symbols. The marks are organized by the instruction, text mark if used inline, and corresponding margin mark.

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Common proofreading marks

Instruction Text mark Margin mark

Correction is concluded None /


Insert in text the matter indicated in
the margin
New matter followed by /
Delete Strike throughout characters to be
deleted

Delete and close up Above and beelow letters to be taken


out

Leave as printed, ignore marks Under characters to remain stet

Change to italics Under characters to be in italics ital

Change to capital letters Under characters to be in capitals caps

Change to bold type Under characters to be in bold bold

Underlined word or words Under characters to be underlined underline

Change to lowercase Strike through CHAracters to be l.c.


altered

Wrong font. Replace by letter of Encircle characters to be altered w.f.


correct font

Close up (delete space between dele te space


characters)

Insert space insertspace #

Insert space between lines or Between lines #


paragraphs to be spaced

Reduce space between lines Connecting lines Less # close up


to be closed up

Reduce space between words Reduce space between words Less #

Transpose Between charcaters words or trs


Instruction Text mark Margin mark

Move matter to right At left or right side of group to be


moved

Move matter to left At right or left side of group to be


moved

Begin a new paragraph Before the first word of the new n.p.
paragraph

No fresh paragraph or line here Run on the text without run on


a line or paragraph break

Substitute or insert comma / through character, or where ,/


required

Substitute or insert semicolon / through character, or where ;/


required

Substitute or insert full stop / through character, or where /


required

Substitute or insert colon / through character, or where /


required

Substitute or insert question mark / through character, or where ?/


required

Substitute for insert exclamation / through character, or where !/


mark
required

Insert parentheses or (for two parentheses) (/ )/


Insert hyphen /-/
Insert apostrophe

Insert single quote marks

Insert double quote marks

Insert forward slash

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