PROOFREADERS' MARKS
You know how it is: You ask a peer to look at your manuscript and let you know what they think. When it comes back, your peer has shown off by filling it full of these little squiggles—and wouldn’t you know just when your ‘Rosetta Stone’ is in the shop—that everybody thinks you should know. In the event you need help in translating this shorthand, let’s start by calling them
Proofreaders’ Marks.
The Chicago Manual of Style Citation Quick Guide Online
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The Chicago Manual of Style there are two basic documentation systems: One for those working in humanities (notes and bibliography) and the other for those needing the author-date system. Choosing between the two often depends on subject matter and nature of sources cited, as each system is favored by different groups of scholars.
