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What mark would you use to make a letter capital?
Three lines stacked underneath the letter
What mark would you use to make a capital letter lower case?
a diagonal line striking through the letter from the bottom left to the top right
What mark would you use to insert a period?
a period with a circle around it. (looks like a bullseye)
What mark would you use to insert a space?
a caret (pointed up) below the space, with a # above the needed space
What mark would you make to show that you need to transpose (change the order of) two words?
A sideways letter S around the words, under the first word and above the second onel
What mark would you make to close up a space?
Horizontal parentheses above and below the space
What mark would you make to insert a new paragraph?
A backwards capital P with 2 upright lines
What mark would you use to delete an item (like a letter)?
diagonal line through the letter from bottom left to upper right, with a curly Q on the top right
What mark would you draw to make words ITALIC?
a straight line under the whole word
What mark would you draw to make a word BOLD?
a squiggly line under the whole bold part
What mark would you make if you wanted to disregard (ignore) the proofreader maker marks?
write the word STET
