ked at the place where it is to come in, and the word or words
written in the margin, putting underneath an answering Caret.
_Where a space is wanting between two words or letters_ that are
intended to be separated, a parallel line must be drawn where the
separation ought to be, and the mark No. 4 placed opposite in the
margin. Also _where words or letters should join_, but are separated,
the circumflex No. 5, must be placed under the separation, and the same
mark be made in the margin.
_When letters or words are set double_, and are required to be taken
out, a line is drawn through the superfluous word or letter, and the
mark No. 6, which is the letter _d_, an abbreviation of _dele_ (_expunge
or erase_) must be placed in the margin.
_A turned letter_, or one placed the wrong way upward, is noticed by
making a dash under it, and placing the mark No. 7, in the margin.
_Where a black mark_ is seen in any part of the line, which is
occasioned by a space standing up, it is noticed by making a dash under
it, and placing the mark, No. 8, in the margin.
_Where two words are transposed_, the word placed wrong, should be
encircled, and the mark 9, (_tr._ an abridgement of transpose,) be
placed in the margin; but where several words are to be transposed, that
which is intended to come first should have the figure 1 placed over it,
that second 2, and so on, the mark (_tr._) being also placed opposite in
the margin.
_Where a new paragraph is required_, a crotchet should be made at the
place where the new paragraph should begin, and a similar mark (No.
10.) be placed in the margin. Where a new paragraph should not have been
made, a line should be drawn from the last word of the previous
paragraph, and in the margin should be written, _No break_.
_Where several lines or words are to be introduced_, they should be
written at the bottom of the page, and at the place where they are to
come in, a Caret should be made, from which a line should be drawn to
the first word of the passage to be inserted.
If a word, or words, are required to be in Capitals, Small Capitals or
Italic, such word or words should be underlined--for Capitals with three
lines; for Small Capitals, with two; for Italic, with one; writing
opposite in the margin, _Caps._, _Small Caps._, or _Ital._
If they should be required to be altered back, a line should be drawn
under the Italic, and the word _Roman_, and under the Capitals or Small
Capitals, and t
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