Mr. Hansen’s Abbreviations, Part I
(rev. 8/13/2002)
Part I: Standard proofreading marks
awk (or double wavy underline) |
awkward |
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] this [ |
center this |
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bf |
use boldface |
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colloq |
colloquial |
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delete this (note curlicue loop at end) |
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frag |
fragment (awkward sentence fragment) |
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ital |
use italics |
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lc |
use lower case |
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stet |
ignore markup; your original work was correct (from Latin, "let it stand") |
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? |
illegible or meaning unclear |
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® ] thisor ![]() |
indent this |
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^ this |
insert this |
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] this |
left-justify this |
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¶ |
paragraph break needed |
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this [ |
right-justify this |
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ROS |
run-on sentence |
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sp.? |
spelling check, please |
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transpose this |
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/ |
use lower case (indicated by slash through capital letter) |
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single underline |
use italics |
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wavy underline |
use boldface |
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double underline |
use upper case |
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double wavy underline |
awkward or dubious |