• Emerald@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    but it simply moved the carriage back one character space so the typist could use whiteout to remove a mistake

    So use whiteout!

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      This works fine for informal things, like a correspondence with a friend, inter office communication, or perhaps a rambling Zine. However, for something formal like a resume, this would be bad etiquette.

      Just a side note, If your mistake was found after removing your paper from the typewriter, good luck getting the paper re-aligned on any typewriter without decent detents built into the platen.