Caption: Booklet - Guide for Daily Illini Reporters (1918)
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INSTRUCTIONS TO COPY READERS 1, Rem mbiT that tinI asm < i a COpy i lor P6 Accurncy and Specr 2. Make your c rrection marks learlj With M pen il. W h a you anwith a tory, mark it at the end with J .r initials in a circle. 3. It is your duty to correct all e r r o r s of grammar, punctuation or fact, and pi • sent to the linotype operator a pie <»f clean copy. 4. If a story is too poorly written to permit intelligent correction have it rewritten. 5. If you wish to indicate that a word or letter be capitalized underscore the part to be capitalized with three lines. 6. A circle around figures or abbreviations indicates t h a t they are to be spelled out. A circle around a word or number spelled out indicates that it is to be abbreviated or that numerals are to be used. 7. A caret should be placed at the point in a line or word where letters or words are to be inserted. 8. Place a paragraph mark at the beginning of each paragraph. 9. A cross should be used to indicate a period. 10. Quotation marks should be placed in half circles to indicate clearly whether they are beginning or ending marks. 11. Indicate words out of place with transposition marks, but do not use su< ti marks when letters in a word are out of 5
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