1. When the period, dash, hyphen, quotation marks, or reference marks are omitted, they should be distinguished in the margin as in I., Rem. 2.
2. A sloping line should always be made in the margin, to the right of an omitted letter or punctuation mark; as, 3.
3. If several words or lines are omitted, it is sometimes necessary to write the words at the top or bottom of the proof. When this is the case, a line should be drawn from the caret to the words to be inserted; as, 25.
4. Sometimes so much has been omitted that it is necessary to refer to the copy. When this is so, indicate the omission by a caret, write See Copy in the margin, and inclose within parenthetical marks or brackets the portion of the copy to be inserted in the proof.
IV. Inverted Letter.—When a letter is inverted, a sloping line should be drawn through it, and the change indicated in the margin by 9, a character resembling an inverted 6; as, 13.
REMARK.
Some proof-readers draw a line under the inverted letter, but this is not so easily recognized as a sloping line drawn through the letter.
V. Strike Out.—It is sometimes necessary to strike out a letter, punctuation mark, or word. A line should be drawn through each, as in I. and II., and the sign ₰, which means strike out, placed in the margin; as, 9, 19.
VI. Capitals and Italics.—Three lines drawn under a word indicate that the word should be printed in large capitals; two lines, small capitals; one line, italics. The abbreviations, Caps., S. Caps., Ital., should also be written in the margin; as, 1, 2.
REMARKS.