Making Corrections on the Manuscript

Nowadays, with the use of modern word processing equipment, making corrections after something is printed is usually unnecessary. Your paper should be — essentially — perfect. Do not sacrifice entire forests to avoid inserting a comma, however!

• Do not use correction paper, fluid, or tape to cover and type over an error.
• Insert a typed correction directly above the word or line to be corrected (not in the margin).
• Retype the page if it has many corrections.
• Renumber the pages if a page must be inserted or removed after the numbering is completed.
• Do not number inserted pages with, for example, "4a."
• Do not type vertically in the margin.
• Do not strike over a letter.
• Do not type inserts on slips and attach them to pages.
• Do not write on the manuscript.