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Proofreading Marks at A Glance: The A Ital BF # LF Thin # Rom 2 WF SP Stet A TR

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Proofreading Marks at A Glance: The A Ital BF # LF Thin # Rom 2 WF SP Stet A TR

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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.  

Mark Textual Mark Instruction Marginal


Marginal
Mark Textual Mark Instruction

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 following five


¶ the RNA. We found new paragraph : on the following list insert colon run in

insert
criteria no paragraph ; in all cases however, insert semicolon matory break line ? What is the dose
question

Use of anti-inflam
mark

1
to find the move left = double blind study insert hyphen to find the move right N pp 300 - 305 set en
dash
The drugs the lowest--1, 2, and
have move up 1 M
5--were added set em dash
have
The drugs move down ’ 15 years experience insert apostrophe
said that the side P < .001
Chapter Title center “ ” effects were minimal insert quotation marks

P < .05 align vertically ( ) tuberculosis TB insert parentheses caps Medline capitalize [ ] (in tuberculosis TB)

capitalize +
insert brackets lc DNAse lowercase minus x2 - y2 set minus sign c + lc journal article

2 2 2
lowercase equals x − y z insert equals sign

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

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