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Correction Symbols
Contents
sup
dev
ex
sum
nec
rep
— support; need to give more substantial evidence to prove this point
— development; need to give more examples, illustrations; create more interest for your reader
— explain, more thoroughly
— too much summary; not enough solid discussion or analysis; one of the great sins of critical
writing
— is this necessary? I do not mean that it is not, but you need to clarify why it is. Omit if not.
— repetitious; one of the great sins of writing
Paragraph Structure
¶ coh — confusing, incoherent organization; one idea does not seem to follow from another; the
structure or order of ideas does not seem to make sense
¶ un — paragraph needs stronger unity; maintain focus on one idea
¶
— new paragraph would be clearer
conc — concluding sentence needed or needs to be stronger
no ¶ — new paragraph not necessary
trans — transition; how does one idea follow from another?
ts
— topic sentence needed or needs to be stronger
Sentence Structure
— parallel construction faulty
org
— sentence is awkward or uncoordinated; reorganize for ease of reading or clearer
understanding
pv
— inappropriate use of passive voice
sub
— subordination needed; make one idea primary and another secondary
wordy — too many words used to express a point; be more concise
Logic
comp
fit
focus
log
sense
sig
spec
thesis
vague
— faulty comparison
— does this belong here or work here
— clarify the exact point here by narrowing the idea
— what is the logical connection between these ideas?
— need to clarify what you mean; create greater comprehension
— significance; what does this matter?
— more specific
— the main focus of the essay needs to be clearer
— combination of spec and sense
Grammar
ante
ap
cap
cs
dm
frag
hy
lc
mm
oc
P
poss
prn
R-O
s/v
sp
unc
vts
wf
wo
Xo
— faulty pronoun antecedent; to whom or what does this pronoun refer
— apostrophe error
— upper case
— comma splice, a common form of the run-on sentence
— dangling modifier
— fragment; not a complete sentence(independent clause)
— hyphen error
— lower case
— misplaced modifier
— comma is omitted that is needed
— punctuation error
— possession error, a common form of apostrophe error
— pronoun agreement
— run-on sentence; connect two independent clauses without any punctuation or subordination
— subject/ verb agreement
— spelling
— unnecessary comma
— verb tense shift or wrong verb tense
— wrong form of a correct word
— spell out; numbers should be written out in formal writing
— omission of a word
Style
d
— need to improve diction or word choices
chop — choppy; too many short sentences together
cliché — a hackneyed phrase, or a phrase which does not mean what it says; consequently, it could be
confusing
J
— jargon
K
— word or phrase is awkwardly expressed error
nw
— not a word
u
— usage; more than likely you are pulling a word from a thesaurus so you have not learned how
the word or phrase is actually used
wv
— weak verbs: excessive reliance on verb “be”, linking, and/or other vague verbs
ww
— wrong word; consider connotation as well as denotation
X 2nd p — avoid second person pronouns in formal writing
X cont — avoid contractions in formal writing
Xd
— inappropriate diction or language