List of Terms for Corrections

Mark or comment Meaning Example

sp. or circled spelling I spell welll.

word p punctuation The snake shed it’s skin.

frag. sentence When he also left.

fragment
ROS run-on sentence Matilda talked all day then her jaw fell off
and she stayed in her room all day out of
embarrassment but then she felt better.

WC or WW word choice, I found the rain quite imitating

wrong word
GW good word The rose radiated beauty.

tense or v.t. verb tense The rain falls. He stayed in bed.

agr. agreement Each boy stowed their gear.

ref. pronoun reference Moe hit Joe. He ran away.

unnec. or wordy unnecessary Far away in the distance…

Her love never wavering, and unable to
NC not clear undo what he had failed not to say, she
could not refuse to go on.

rep. repetitive When Ferdy realized his mistake the

realization made him realize what an error
he had made.
act. Use active verbs, The cow was milked by the farmer.
rather than passive
ex. example needed

¶ a new paragraph should begin

awk. awkward phrasing The thoughts jumping through his head made
him have something to look forward to.
delete
|| parallel construction She went to England, France, and to Germany
needed

C/S comma splice Suzy went, happily to the store.

gen gender neutrality Man has come so far this century.

__ Capitalization the moon was bright in the Sky.

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