Copy Editing Marks Cheat Sheet
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1Copy-Editing Marks
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Mark
Meaning
Mark
Meaning
word
Add a hyphen (go getter)
Insert a into the text
1
Add em dash (–)
Clo se a space
m
1
Add en dash (-)
Clowse and delete space
n
Add a comma or period
Takes out a word or letter
,
.
’
Add an apostrophe (’)
Change order the of words
Don’t create paragraph
Spell out a # or abbrev.
Start a new paragraph
Make CAPITALS lowercase
lc
| #
|
][
Center
Inserta space
]
[
Justify right
Move word or letter a
Justify left
capitalize lowercase letters
sp.
Speling mistake
ital.
sp.
Italicize a word (
)
wc
Bad word choice
Boldface a word (bold)
stet
Ignore copy edits
Remove an underline
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