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Part 3 — PROOF-READERS' MARKS

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Cap Capitalize.

lc Lower case; small letter.

δ Delete; omit.

stet Restore the words crossed out.

Insert at the place indicated.

Insert at the place indicated
Insert at the place indicated

Insert a period.

Insert a period
Insert a period

Insert a comma.

Insert a comma
Insert a comma

Insert quotation-marks.

Insert quotation-marks
Insert quotation-marks

Insert a hyphen.

Insert a hyphen
Insert a hyphen

X Imperfect letter.

Letter inverted; turn over.

Inverted
Inverted

¶ Make a new paragraph.

No ¶ No paragraph.

# Put a space between.

Smaller space.

Smaller space
Smaller space

Close up; no space needed.

No space needed
No space needed

Badly spaced; space more evenly.

Badly spaced
Badly spaced

Quad shows between the words; shove down.

Quad shows between words
Quad shows between words

wf Wrong font.

tr Transpose.

Carry to the left.

Carry to left
Carry to left

Lower.

Lower
Lower

Elevate.

Elevate
Elevate

Straighten crooked line.

Straighten crooked line
Straighten crooked line

lead Add lead between the lines.

δ lead lead Take out lead.

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