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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