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    Proofreading Symbols

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     capitalize They fished inlaketahoe.

     make it FiveStudents missed theBus.


    lowercase

    spelling mistake The day was clowdy and cold.


    . add a period/ Tomorrow is a holiday .
    , comma/apostrophe

    | delete (remove) Kim knew the the answer.


    pups
     add a word Six were in the litter.

    reverse words An otter swam in the bed kelp.
    or letters

    / make a space /
    He read twobooks.
    ( )

    ()
    close the space Her favorite game is soft ball.

    //Next, we went to
    // begin a new
    paragraph
    We had fun.

    ww wrong word My teacher learns me new things.

    wt wrong tense I play soccer yesterday.

    __? I don’t understand what you want to say

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