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{{Short description|Inverted V-shaped proof-reader's symbol}}
{{About|the proofreader's symbols that indicate insertion|the similar symbol {{char|^}} used in computing|Caret|use as a diacritic modifying another character|Circumflex|other uses of the word "caret"|Caret (disambiguation)}}
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{{infobox symbol
|mark = ‸ ⁁ ⎀
|unicode = {{unichar|2038|Caret}} {{unichar|2041|Caret insertion point}} {{unichar|2380|Insertion symbol}}
|different from= {{unichar|005E|Circumflex accent|nlink=Circumflex (computing)}} {{unichar|028C|Latin small letter turned v|nlink=Turned v}} {{unichar|2227|Logical AND |nlink=Logical conjunction}} {{unichar|03BB|GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA|nlink=Lambda}} {{unichar|039B|GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA}}
}}

The '''caret''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ær|ɪ|t}}) is a V-shaped [[grapheme]], usually inverted and sometimes extended, used in [[proofreading]] and [[typography]] to indicate that additional material needs to be inserted at the point indicated in the text. The same symbol is also used as a diacritical mark modifying another character (as in {{char|â}}), for which purpose it is known as a [[circumflex]].

==Usage==
The caret was originally and continues to be used in handwritten form as a [[proofreading]] mark to indicate where a punctuation mark, word, or phrase should be inserted into a document.<ref name="MLA" /> The term comes from the [[Latin]] word {{lang|la|caret}}, "it lacks", from {{lang|la|carēre}}, "to lack; to be separated from; to be free from".<ref name="Merriam-Webster" /> The caret symbol can be written just below the line of text for a punctuation mark at low line position, such as a [[comma]], or just above the line of text as an inverted caret ({{unichar|02C7|nlink=caron}}) for a character at a higher line position, such as an [[apostrophe]], or in either position to indicate insertion of a letter, word or phrase;<ref name="APA"/> the material to be inserted may be placed inside the caret, in the margin, or above the line.
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File:Image of carets telling reader to insert a comma, an apostrophe, and quotation marks.png|Carets telling reader to insert a comma, an apostrophe, and quotation marks.
File:Image of caret telling a reader to insert a letter.png|Caret telling a reader to insert a letter.
File:Image of caret telling reader to insert a word.png|Caret telling reader to insert a word.
File:Image of caret telling reader to change a word.png|Caret telling reader to change a word.
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==References==
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<ref name="APA">{{cite book | title = Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association | edition = 5th | year = 2001 | publisher = [[American Psychological Association]] | location = Washington, DC | isbn = 1-55798-791-2 | page = [https://archive.org/details/publicationmanu000amer/page/338 338] | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/publicationmanu000amer }}</ref>

<ref name="Merriam-Webster">{{cite web | url = http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caret | title = Caret | publisher = Merriam-Webster | access-date = 19 August 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="MLA">{{cite book | title = MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers | url = https://archive.org/details/mlahandbookforwr00asso | url-access = limited | edition = 7| year = 2009 | publisher = [[Modern Language Association]] | location = New York| isbn = 978-1-60329-024-1 | page = [https://archive.org/details/mlahandbookforwr00asso/page/n142 121]}}</ref>







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