GEN: editing marks

[Terri Lent <Tlent@AOL.COM>]

One of my English teachers has a poster explaining editing marks.  One of them
is "stet" meaning let it stand.  Can anyone tell me how we got the word "stet"
-- it's obviously not an abbreviation.

TIA

Terri Lent
Manassas Park HS/MS
Manassas Park, Va.
tlent@aol.com

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