Writing Book 8 · Lesson 16

Standard Proofreaders' Marks

Proofreaders' marks are a common notation for saying what to change.

What you read today

Advanced Academic Writing, pages 5–5 — the chapter Standard Proofreaders' Marks.

This lesson's text is the book itself. Your teacher has the pages; read them with the class, then do the work on your sheet.

Remember
Read it as a writer: not only what happens, but what the author did to make it happen that way.
Ask yourself: “Do I know what this mark is asking me to do?”

Remember

A shared set of marks means a correction needs no explanation.

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