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This document provides examples and explanations of common editing symbols used to edit written work. It discusses symbols for inserting spaces, words, commas, periods, quotation marks, deleting text, transposing elements, and closing up spaces. Each symbol is explained and accompanied by examples showing its proper use for correcting errors in grammar, punctuation, and spacing. The document concludes by listing more examples for students to practice identifying which symbol should be used.

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Day 1 CES

This document provides examples and explanations of common editing symbols used to edit written work. It discusses symbols for inserting spaces, words, commas, periods, quotation marks, deleting text, transposing elements, and closing up spaces. Each symbol is explained and accompanied by examples showing its proper use for correcting errors in grammar, punctuation, and spacing. The document concludes by listing more examples for students to practice identifying which symbol should be used.

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Welcome

France Louise
Concepcion

Justin Robles

Sai Ena Quelle Robles


Ice Breaker
Right Category, Wrong
Answer!
- The facilitators will give
some categories and the
students will say a word that is
not related to the category
Game!
Knock!
Knock!
Objectives:
Common Students will:
- Develop a clear

Editing
understanding of
what are the
different common

Symbols editing symbols


and how to use the
different common
editing symbols.
Revision VS Editing
Revision
- Going back through your whole draft. (start
to end)
- Improving
- Bigger Picture

Editing

- Also known as proofreading


- Revising each word and line of the written work
- Grammatical Principles
- Finer Details
Insert a comma
comma indicates a smaller break
Use of Comma
- to separate independent clauses
Example: - after an introductory clause or phrase
1. - He ate peas corn - between all items in a series
and squash. - to set off nonrestrictive clauses
- to set off appositives
Correct: He ate peas,
- indicate direct address
corn, and squash - set off direct quotations
2. "No" she said. - with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers
Correct: “No”, she
said.
Apostrophe or single
quotation mark

Example: Apostrophe - placed after a noun to


1. The childs bike was show that the noun owns
red. something
Correct: The child’s
bike was red. Single Quotation Marks - to
2. That’s Jims baseball indicate quotations inside of other
bat. quotations
Correct: That's Jim’s
baseball bat.
Insert Something
Something is missing
- Word/s
- Letter/s
- Phrase/s

Example:
1. We went the mall.
Correct: We went to the mall.
2. When I my head.
Correct: When I nod my head
Use Period Here
- also known as a “full stop” in British English, is
a punctuation mark that looks like a tiny circle or
dot.
What do period do?
- End a sentence
- Indicate an omission etc., i.e., e.g., c., and et al.

Example:
1. Tomorrow is a holiday
Correct: Tomorrow is a holiday.
2. It was raining I got wet
Correct: It was raining I got wet.
Use Double
Quotation Mark
- Double quotation marks are used for direct
quotations and titles of compositions such as
books, plays, movies, songs, lectures and TV
shows.

Example:
1. Why can't I go?, she cried.
Correct: “Why can’t I go?”, she cried.
2. "You're a pane. said the door.
Correct: "You're a pane.” said the door.
Delete
A horizontal line delete mark is made through a phrase, sentence,
or paragraph. A vertical line delete mark is made through a single
letter or mark of punctuation. The letter or punctuation to be
deleted may also be circled with the delete mark.

Example
1. But the old lady wasn’t not bothered.
Correct: But the old lady wasn’t bothered
2. I went to to the park.
Correct: I went to the park.
Close up this space
eliminating unnecessary spaces between letters or
words.
Example
1. I over come the problem.
Correct: I overcome the problem.
2. She knew some body was following her.
Correct: She knew somebody was following her.
Transpose elements
This mark means to change the order of—or transpose—
letters, words, or phrases.

Example
1. Can right this be?
Correct: Can this be right?
2. You should these switch words around.
Correct: You should switch these words around.
A space needed here
A straight line between letters or characters means to add
one space. A space mark (#) means the same thing.
Example
1. He read twobooks.
Correct: He read two books.
2. The busdriver didn’t care.
Correct: The bus driver didn’t care.
More Examples 1
2
• Me and my brother went the church 3
• My father ask me to buy a sledge hammer
4
• France apply company in the.
• Mateo dont want to attend the wedding so 5
he sleepall day. 6
• John Green said that There is hope even
your brain tells you there isnt. 7
8
9
Recitation
Ready?
Guess the symbol
1. A space needed here

2. Insert something

3. Delete

4. Close up this space

5. Use apostrophe or single quatation marks


Guess the symbol
6. Transpose

7. Insert a comma

8. Use a period here

Use double quotation mark.


9.
Thank You for Listening
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