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DELE (DEE-lee)
A
direction to show that something is to be deleted
Common
clues: Editor's mark; Text removal directive; Editorial
strikeout; Manuscript notation; Take out; Strike out; Take-out
order?; Proofreader's mark; Stet's opposite; Remove; Expunge;
Strike; Drop; Marginal direction?; Order out?
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Dele:
A sign indicating that something such as a letter, word, or
sentence is to be deleted.
Delete
a character.
Replace
a character.
Close
up a space.
Delete
a character and close up.
Delete
or replace more than one character.
Delete
more than one character and close up.
Delete,
replace, or correct a block of text. The delete symbol, the
replacement copy, or another instruction is written in the
margin.
[Source:
MLA
Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publication,
2nd
ed.
by Joseph Gibaldi. NY: MLA, 1998.]
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