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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