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Proofreading Marks

Good writers check their drafts for mistakes with grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

Writers use proofreading marks to mark errors when editing.

Proofreading Marks

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Proofreading Marks

Make a capital

Indent

Make a small letter

Add something

Take out something

Add a period

New paragraph

Spelling error

Let’s look at how we can use proofreading marks to fix errors in a piece of writing.

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Proofreading Marks

•Use to indent a paragraph.

•Use to make a capital, or uppercase, letter.

The farmer went into the barn. he fed the pigs.

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Proofreading Marks

•Use to make a small, or lowercase, letter.

•Use to add a letter, word, or punctuation.

Then the Farmer brushed his two horse. He

fed apples to the horses.

s

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Proofreading Marks

•Use to delete a letter, word, or punctuation.

•Use to add a period.

Last, the farmer last fed the chickens The

chickens pecked at the seeds.

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Proofreading Marks

•Use to make a new paragraph.

•Use to mark a misspelled word.

The farmer went inside his house. He puled

off his boots. What a busy day!

pulled

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