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{{short description|Phrase used in publishing to indicate missing material}}
"'''To come'''" is a printing and journalism reference, commonly abbreviated to "'''TK'''". The abbreviation is used to mark where additional material will be added to a [[manuscript]] before publication.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-09-29 |title=In Praise of TK: Why the Handy Shorthand Has a Surprising Emotional Hold on Me |url=https://lithub.com/in-praise-of-tk-why-the-handy-shorthand-has-a-surprising-emotional-hold-on-me/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=Literary Hub |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Language Log">{{cite web |url=http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004380.html | title=Hed, dek, lede, graf, tk: Live with it | accessdate=2010-02-08}}</ref> It is used without periods.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Safire |first=William |date=1996-10-06 |title=Of Hacks and TK |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/06/magazine/of-hacks-and-tk.html |access-date=2023-06-10 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The use of the abbreviation is to prevent the phrase "to come" from being mistaken as a deliberate part of the text.

Since very few English words feature the letter combination ''TK'', it is more easily searchable than ''TC''. The abbreviation ''TK'', as well as the repeated ''TKTK'', is a "unique and visually arresting" string that is both easily seen in running text.<ref name=":0" /> Therefore, ''TK'' is conducive to effective copyediting and proofing.

== Criticism ==
This shorthand is described as "imprecise" in a Q&A on the website of the ''[[Chicago Manual of Style]]'', which advises,

<blockquote>It's best to be more straightforward and specific. For example, use bullets or boldface zeros (••• or '''000''') to stand in for page numbers that cannot be determined until a manuscript is paginated as a book (but see paragraph 2.37 in [[The Chicago Manual of Style|CMOS]]). For items like missing figures, describe exactly what's missing. In electronic environments, you have recourse to comment features, like the <code><nowiki></nowiki></code> syntax of [[SGML]], which allows for descriptive instructions that will not interfere with the final version of a document.<ref>[https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/data/faq/topics/ManuscriptPreparation/faq0006.html Chicago Style Q&A]</ref></blockquote>

==See also==
* {{annotated link|Title TK|''Title TK''}}
* [[Lorem ipsum]]

==References==
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