Editing—Try ITYou’ll Like IT!
An online editing drill. Try to answer the questions with a partner.
What does this symbol mean?
What does this symbol mean?
And what does this symbol tell you to do?
What does the editor want you to do here?
This symbol indicates that you need to add a colon.
In this sentence what does the copyeditor want you to correct?
What do these “eyes” mean?
The symbol above means to…
And this snake-like line means…
STET – What does it mean?
STET means
to leave as is. The copy editor changed his/her mind after making an editing mark!
Transposing
The letters are reversed.
What is wrong with this sentence?
The ball was caught by the boy who was nearby under the bridge.
It’s AWKWARD
Was the boy or the ball under the bridge?
Now,
study pages pages 17 and 18 in your staff manual. We will talk about matters of style next week.