Something missingSourced
Not region-specific · English meaning
The insertion mark is named for what is lacking
A proofreader’s caret shows where extra text should be inserted. Its name comes from a Latin word meaning that something is lacking. The little mark and its name both point to the same problem on the page.
Even the vocabulary is an editing instruction.
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Caret (proofreading) · Wikimedia contributors
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Reviewed: 2026-10-05