The last two are crucial and fundamental as they are real assets to the copyreaders."This is an accurate report/"he said
In some newsrooms the small slash mark under the quotation marks is replaced with
either a Vora Y
.For a hyphen,place an insertion mark at the relevant place and draw above the line a
Short horizontal line between the vertical lines,thus:
The prosecutor said that this was not a run of the will case
:Journalists should try to avoid using dashes.If,however,they must insert one,an
insertion mark should be placed at the relevant place and a short vertical line,
followed by two short horizontal lines and another short vertical line should be drawn
above,thus:
Journalists with some exception are good writers..In the print media,to insert a letter,word or phrase an insertion mark (or slash mark)
is placed at the relevant point and the extra materials is written above the type,thus:
"It is not true that I w/rk for Rupert".She said..To insert a full stop,place an insertion mark in the relevant place in the copy.Above
the mark draw in a dot and circle it,thus:
"It is over/"he said"I will go no further"
Some journalists use a cross in a circle.This is probably because the
Pitman's shorthand symbol for a full stop is a cross by itself..For a comma,place an insertion mark at the relevant place and draw in a comma
above the line,with a small slash above it,thus;
"It is over/"he said.