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    This document provides examples of common copyediting marks used to correct text. It lists several types of text changes and provides examples of how each mark would be applied, including corrections for apostrophe, capitalization, commas, deletions, insertions, italics, line breaks, lowercase, periods, spacing, and substitutions. The copyediting marks are used to clarify intended corrections to the text for things like grammar, spelling, formatting and punctuation.

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    This document provides examples of common copyediting marks used to correct text. It lists several types of text changes and provides examples of how each mark would be applied, including corrections for apostrophe, capitalization, commas, deletions, insertions, italics, line breaks, lowercase, periods, spacing, and substitutions. The copyediting marks are used to clarify intended corrections to the text for things like grammar, spelling, formatting and punctuation.

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    This document provides examples of common copyediting marks used to correct text. It lists several types of text changes and provides examples of how each mark would be applied, including corrections for apostrophe, capitalization, commas, deletions, insertions, italics, line breaks, lowercase, periods, spacing, and substitutions. The copyediting marks are used to clarify intended corrections to the text for things like grammar, spelling, formatting and punctuation.

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    Copyediting Marks

    Text change Copyediting example Corrected text


    apostrophe my friends poem my friend's poem
    boldface type Warning: Do not disturb! Warning: Do not disturb!
    capital letters Yeah, i'd eat cheeseburgers. Yeah, I'd eat cheeseburgers.
    close up be cause he's so cute because he's so cute
    comma I come from glossy red sparkle
    lipstick
    I come from glossy, red, sparkle
    lipstick
    deletion attended the the conncert attended the concert
    insertion three pieces bluebery pie three pieces of blueberry pie
    italic type reading The Odyssey out-loud reading The Odyssey out-loud
    line break I remember your face. You were
    bathing me when I asked.
    I remember your face.
    You were bathing me when I asked.
    lowercase I called you at 3 A.M. I called you at 3 a.m.
    period He went out He bought a
    sandwich
    He went out. He bought a sandwich.
    space Whatareyoutalkingabout? What are you talking about?
    substitution the Van Dyke exhibit the Van Gogh exhibit
    transpose beginning, end, middle
    cmoes after and before
    beginning, middle, end
    comes before and after
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    Copyediting Marks

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