Common Correction Marks

Essentials:

1. Only print on front side of page.

2. Staple pages together.
3. Print last name and page number in upper right: Smith 2, Smith 3….
4. Use 3rd person pronouns only.
5. Do not use contractions (ctn) in a formal writing

Awk Passage is poorly phrased. (awkward)

C,S Comma Splice

Cite Cite your source

Coh Lacks coherence; ideas are not connected

Coll Expression is too informal or trite. (colloquial)

Dm/mm Dangling or misplaced modifier

Frag! Sentence fragment

Pn ref/ante Pronoun referent unclear or Pronoun does not agree with antecedent

PoV Point of View incorrect. (Use third person only)

Poss Possessive Case requires ‘s or s’

Prep Wrong Preposition

R-O Run-on sentence.

S-V Subject and Verb do not agree in number or gender

VT Verb tense is incorrect

WW Wrong Word

# Singular/Plural (wrong “number”)

[ ] Delete or change

// Faulty parallel structure

T Used wrong verb TENSE

[ ] delete or change this

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