Mr. Hansen’s Abbreviations, Part I

(rev. 8/13/2002)

Part I: Standard proofreading marks

awk (or double wavy underline)

awkward

] this [

center this

bf

use boldface

colloq

colloquial

delete this (note curlicue loop at end)

frag

fragment (awkward sentence fragment)

ital

use italics

lc

use lower case

stet

ignore markup; your original work was correct (from Latin, "let it stand")

?

illegible or meaning unclear

® ] this
or

indent this

^this

insert this

] this

left-justify this

paragraph break needed

this [

right-justify this

ROS

run-on sentence

sp.?

spelling check, please

transpose this

/

use lower case (indicated by slash through capital letter)

single underline

use italics

wavy underline

use boldface

double underline

use upper case

double wavy underline

awkward or dubious