stet
IPA: stˈɛt
noun
- A symbol used by proofreaders and typesetters to indicate that a word or phrase that was crossed out should still remain.
verb
- (transitive) To let (edited material) stand, or remain as it was.
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Examples of "stet" in Sentences
- A dele can be undone with a stet.
- I have 'stet' that comment for now.
- It will not let me stet setu up a new one.
- I've left the current wording stet for now.
- The E K transliteration method h m three stet s.
- So stet, you are all right and so is the template.
- That portal runs purpose written software called stet.
- Commas, copyedited manuscripts, and the lesser god "stet"
- Probably best to just stet any reasonable name pending a citation.
- But I'm not ready to read this critically in detail, so stet for now.
- For those of you not writers, to "stet" a mark is to say "Let it stand" as it was.
- Where I couldn't, I allowed myself a rant and then made sure to change it to a simple "stet" or "OK" on my next pass through.
- Usually, the writer is supposed to check those corrections and accept them or "stet" them in far fewer days than feels possible.
- I am just wondering if the stet is the same in Chicago about there auto insurance where they required a liability coverage for the drivers auto insurance.
- You can "stet" any change they make (stet tells whoever is entering the corrections to ignore that change), or make changes on top of the copyeditor's changes.
- If an author and I disagree on something, and if I've put all my arguments and he still prefers to "stet", I can remind myself that it's his book, and his name will end up on the cover.
- She can write "stet" as well as I can ( "stet" is a proofreaders mark, Latin for "let it stand," and when one wishes to disregard a copyeditor's mark, one writes "stet" in the margin of the page.
- Those friends love to hear valuable editing suggestions - even when the suggestions are in the form of implemented edits that the author can undo or mark "stet" - especially because they recognize that an author may have a hard time seeing flaws in his work.