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Symbols related to Grammar & Spelling

Please change as
Sign Meaning Example follows

Delete to err is human

Insert to err is human

Words change to err is human

Word replacement to err is human

Symbols related to Formatting

Sign Meaning Example Please change as follows

Insert Space to err is human

Remove Space to err is human


Xxxxxxxxxx
Insert line space xxxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxxxxx
Remove line space xxxxxxxxxx

Left-justified alignment Abcdefghijklmnop

Right-justified
alignment Abcdefghijklmnop

Centering Abcdefghijklmnop

Xxxxx.
Change paragraph Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

Paragraph need not Xxxxx. Xxxxxx


change xxxxxxxx.

Symbols related to Font Type Styles

Sign Meaning Example Please change as follows


Italic Abcdef

Bold typeface Abcdef

Convert to uppercase Abcdef

Convert to lower case Abcdef

Subscript H2O

Superscript 33 = 27
Symbols related to Punctuation

Sign Meaning Example Please change as follows

To err is human, to
Period forgive devine.

To err is human, to
Comma forgive devine.

Hamlet: To be or not
Colon to be...

I got a cat; her name


Semicolon is Luca.

Question mark Is it human to err?

Exclamation point Wow!

Hyphen Nobody is error-free.


Apostrophe Abc's

Quote "Superman" sighted

to err (make a mistake)


Parentheses is human

to err [make a mistake]


Square brackets is human

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