Here is a list of symbols the instructor may use when marking papers. The numbers
in parentheses refer to the pages that explain the skill involved.
Agr | Correct the mistake in agreement of subject and verb (454-459)
or pronoun and the word the pronoun refers to (464-466). |
Apos | Correct the apostrophe mistake (502-508). |
Bal | Balance the parts of the sentence so they have the same (parallel)
form (103-104). |
Cap | Correct the mistake in capital letters (491-498). |
Coh | Revise to improve coherence (77-86; 146-149). |
Comma | Add a comma (516-525). |
CS | Correct the comma splice (432-444). |
DM | Correct the dangling modifier (484-488). |
Det | Support or develop the topic more fully by adding details
(55-61). |
Frag | Attach the fragment to a sentence or make it a sentence (418-431). |
lc | Use a lowercase (small) letter rather than a capital (491-498). |
MM | Correct the misplaced modifier (481-483). |
¶ | Indent for a new paragraph. |
No ¶ | Do not indent for a new paragraph. |
Pro | Correct the pronoun mistake (464-475). |
Quot | Correct the mistake in quotation marks (509-515). |
R-0 | Correct the run-on (432-444). |
Sp | Correct the spelling error (531-535). |
Trans | Supply or improve a transition (80-84). |
Und | Underline (513). |
Verb | Correct the verb or verb form (445-453; 460-463). |
Wordy | Omit needless words (112-113). |
WW | Replace the word marked with a more accurate one. |
? | Write the illegible word clearly. |
/ | Eliminate the word, letter, or punctuation mark so slashed. |
^ | Add the omitted word or words. |
;/:/-/ | Add semicolon (527), colon (526); hyphen (529), or dash (528-529). |
Check (0.0K)Check | You have something fine or good here: an expression, a detail,
an idea. |