Proofreaders’ Marks Unwanted letters, words, and punctuation can seem to crop up out of nowhere when I’m writing. Sometimes it’s just that I’ve realized I don’t really need that sentence or word, and sometimes it’s my errant fingers typing things without permission. You know, like when you arrive somewhere but can’t remember the drive. In […]

Since we’re on the topic of spaces, I thought I’d write a quick entry about spaces between sentences. A lot of us were taught to include two spaces after each sentence in typing class, and many of us were taught not to. Who’s right? Short Answer: One space is the current standard for spacing between […]

Proofreaders’ Marks Writers and editors aren’t only concerned with the ink on the page, but also with the spaces separating the ink. But how can you have a mark that denotes a lack of mark, a space? Well, you can arbitrarily assign that task to a mark that rarely appears in documents: How to know […]