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Proofreading markup

Abbreviations

awk
'Awkward'. 
sp
'Spelling' (indicates misspelled word). 
ww
'Wrong word'. 

Comments

?
Indicates something that is not clear.  ?? indicates something completely baffling. 
Circled or boxed
Circled or boxed text has a comment or instruction in the margin. 

Grading marks

For grading only, not typesetting markup: 

underline
Indicates important text, usually with a check, squiggle, or X; the crux of the answer being graded. 
(dotted underline)
Indicates semi-important text, not as important as underlined text
'PARTIALLY'
Partially true, or only part of the required answer. 
checkmark
Indicates something good.
(checkmark)
Indicates something somewhat good, but not what it should be.
squiggle
Indicates something questionable.
×
Indicates something bad.

Typesetting

Indicates where marginal or interlinear text is to be inserted. 
space
Indicates a space. 
close up or  close  up
Indicates extra space that should be closed up in a word (the example should be "close up") or between words. 
double underline
A double underline indicates lowercase text that should be uppercase, or uppercase that should be lower (the example should be changed to "Double underline").  (OK, I guess this is non-standard — Merriam-Webster says triple-underlined.  Oh Well)
interlinear text
Interlinear text written in, over, or under the text being proofed should be inserted where it appears (or at the nearby ∧ or ∨). 
move over
Indicates text that should be moved over, usually to align with something else.  Can point either left or right. 
open up
Indicates where text should be opened up with a space (the example should be changed to "open up"). 
¶
Start a new paragraph here. 
§
Start a new section here. 
S
Indicates two phrases whose order should be inverted (the example should be changed to "after put these").
Strikethrough
Struck-through text should be deleted. 
Underline
A single underline indicates plain text that should be italic, or italic text that should be plain (the example should be changed to Underline). 

Merriam-Webster proofreaders' marks

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