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    The document provides tips for improving writing skills, including using an editing checklist and proofreading symbols. The editing checklist includes checking for correct text type, answering the question, content, noun gender, agreement between parts of speech, correct case and tense, spelling, and accents. The document also lists common proofreading symbols for noun gender, agreement, case, tense, accents, text type, capitalization, insertion, clarity, and paragraphs.

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    The document provides tips for improving writing skills, including using an editing checklist and proofreading symbols. The editing checklist includes checking for correct text type, answering the question, content, noun gender, agreement between parts of speech, correct case and tense, spelling, and accents. The document also lists common proofreading symbols for noun gender, agreement, case, tense, accents, text type, capitalization, insertion, clarity, and paragraphs.

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    Tips for improving writing skills 

     
    The following information will assist in improving the quality of your written 
    responses. Use the editing checklist and the proofreading symbols to 
    assist you in correcting the text. 
     
     

    (A) Punctuation Marks 

     
    Did you spot the ​two​ differences between English and Greek 
    punctuation? 
     

    full stop/period  η τελεία  . 


    comma  το κόμμα  , 
    question mark  το ερωτηματικό  ; 
    exclamation point  το θαυμαστικό  ! 
    parentheses  η παρένθεση  ( ) 
    hyphen / dash  η παύλα  – 
    apostrophe  η απόστροφος  ’ 
    quotation marks  τα εισαγωγικά  << >> 
     
     

    (B) When editing check for: 

     
    ☑ ​1. Writing in correct text type 

    ☑ ​2. Make sure you answer the question 

    ☑ ​3. Content 

    ☑ ​4. Noun gender (Masculine / feminine / neuter)  

    ☑ ​5. Agreement between articles / adjectives / nouns  


    ☑ ​6. Agreement between nouns and verbs 

    ☑ ​7. Correct case (Nominative/subject OR Accusative/object) 


      (Singular/ Plural) 

    ☑ ​8. Tenses (Past, Present, Future) 

    ☑ ​9. Spelling 

    ☑ ​10. Accents 
     
     
    (C) Proofreading corrections symbols 

     
    Please use these symbols to edit your writing. 
     

    Symbol  Explanation 

    NG  Noun gender-masculine / feminine / neuter 

    Agr (art / adj / n /v)  Agreement (article / adjective / noun / verb) 

    C - N/A   Case (Nominative / Accusative) 

    Sp  Spelling 

    Vb T (ps/pc/pr/fc/fs)  Tense (past simple / past continuous / 


    present / future continuous / future simple) 

    A  Accent 

    Τ T  Text type 

    =  Capital / wrong alphabet 

    ^  Insert 

    ?  Illegible or unclear 

    Γ  Paragraph 
     
     
     

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