Download - Editing—Try IT You’ll Like IT!
Editing—Try ITYou’ll Like IT!
An online editing drill. Try to answer the questions with a partner.
What does this symbol mean?
Delete Way to go!
What does this symbol mean?
To Insert an r
And what does this symbol tell you to do?
Good!
To close up
What does the editor want you to do here?
Correct!
Add a space
What does this mean?
Way to go!
Insert a period
This symbol means what?
You’ve got it!
Add a comma
This symbol means to
Cool! Add an apostrophe
And now, try this one?
This symbol indicates that you need to add a colon.
In this sentence what does the copyeditor want you to correct?
Yes!
Add a semicolon
What do these “eyes” mean?
Insert quotations
The symbol above means to…
You are sooo smart!
Add parenthesis
What does the Z mean?
It means…
To add a new line.
And this snake-like line means…
To
Run together!
STET – What does it mean?
STET means
to leave as is. The copy editor changed his/her mind after making an editing mark!
This is an example of
Transposing
The letters are reversed.
This means to
Of Course…
Spell out
These marks mean
To change letters to
CAPITAL LETTERS
This symbol means to
Align sentences
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.
