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Dots under cancelled text with the word stet, restoring it.
Also known as: Let it stand, Dots under a word on a proof
A row of dots beneath text that had been marked for change, with 'stet' in the margin. It undoes a correction — Latin for 'let it stand' — and is the only mark in the system whose job is to countermand another mark.
A row of dots placed beneath text previously marked for deletion or alteration, with the word 'stet' written in the margin, instructing that the original text be retained.
From the Latin stet, 'let it stand'. The only mark in the system whose function is to cancel another mark rather than to instruct a change.
The underlying dots are essential and are what identify which text is restored; 'stet' alone in a margin is ambiguous about scope.
A row of small dots written directly beneath a run of words, with the word stet in the margin on the same line.