delete delete
delete and close up delete and cllose up
let it stand (stet) let it stand
insert text or character insert
run in paragraph
start new paragraph start new paragraph
insert punctuation insert punctuation
change punctuation change; punctuation
insert hyphen insert hyphen
insert parentheses insert parentheses
insert en or em dash insert en dash
insert quotes insert quotes
capitalize capitalize
change to lowercase LOWERCASE
change to small caps small caps
change to bold bold
change to roman roman
wrong font wrong font
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editorial change mark in text mark in margin editorial change mark in text mark in margin
run in
paragraph
letterspace letterspace
close up clo se up
insert space insertspace
reduce space reduce space
transpose pose trans
flush right flush right
flush left flush left
indent 1 em indent 1 em
move to next line move to next line
superscript superscript 1
align vertically align vertically
align horizontally align horizontally
spell out abbreviation spell out abbrev.
use ligature use ligature (flour)
query that cannot be query
resolved by proofreader
Proofreader’s marks derived from The Chicago
Manual of Style and David Jury, About Face:
Reviving the Rules of Typography (East Sussex:
Rotovision, 2001). Marking conventions do
vary slightly from source to source.
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