Dear students,

Here you will find the list of some common symbols correction used when writing papers. Take them into account when dealing with grammar and spelling mistakes.

Thanks,

Maura Díaz

CORRECTION SYMBOLS USED

SERIOUS ERRORS (global errors)

RO run-on sentence

INC incomplete (fragment) sentence

AUX auxiliary verb

T verb tense

AG subject-verb agreement

WO word order: adverb, adjective + noun, questions,etc.

Ag modifier-noun agreement

? not understandable

AWK awkward construction

Ref reference word, pronoun error

vt incorrect verb tense

vf verb incorrectly formed

modal incorrect use or formation of a modal

cond incorrect use or formation of conditional sentence

pass incorrect use or formation of passive voice

ss incorrect sentence structure

conn incorrect or missing connecting words

LOCAL ERRORS

com comparisons

missing word

// non parallel construction

wp wrong preposition

art article

x not needed

wc/ww incorrect word choice/ wrong word

s/pl problem with the singular or plural noun

MECHANICS

p punctuation

sp spelling

cap capitalization

ind indentation of paragraphs

mar margins

l every-other-line

div division of words by syllables on different lines

/ divide words

close up space

coh coherence- one idea does not lead to the text

cs comma splice- two independent clauses joined by a comma

dm dangling modifier-phrase or clause with no word(s) to modify in a sentence

frag fragment incomplete sentence

nonidiom nonidiomatic-not expressed this way in English

unclear unclear-message not clear

MAURA DIAZ

M.A in Applied Linguistics

ERROR AWARENESS SHEET

Directions: this error sheet will help you discover what your sentence level error are and prioritize them. Put a chechk in the second column for each error marked on your returned paper. From the most frequent errors in the second column, select two or three that you can begin working first and put a check next to them on the third column. Global errors first.

TYPE OF ERROR SERIOUS ERRORS (global errors)	TOTAL NUMBER OF ERRORS	TOP-PRIORITY ERRORS TO WORK ON
RO run-on sentence
INC incomplete (fragment) sentence
AUX auxiliary verb
T verb tense
AG subject-verb agreement
WO word order: adverb, adjective + noun, questions,etc.
Ag modifier-noun agreement
? not understandable
AWK awkward construction
Ref reference word, pronoun error
vt incorrect verb tense
vf verb incorrectly formed
modal incorrect use or formation of a modal
cond incorrect use or formation of conditional sente
pass incorrect use or formation of passive voice
ss incorrect sentence structure
conn incorrect or missing connecting words
LOCAL ERRORS com comparisons
missing word
// non parallel construction
wp wrong preposition
art article
x not needed
wc/ww incorrect word choice/ wrong word
s/pl problem with the singular or plural noun
MECHANICS p punctuation
sp spelling
cap capitalization
ind indentation of paragraphs
mar margins
l every-other-line
div division of words by syllables on different lines
/ divide words
close up space
coh coherence- one idea does not lead to the text
cs comma splice- two independent clauses joined by a comma
dm dangling modifier-phrase or clause with no word(s) to modify in a sentence
frag fragment incomplete sentence
Nonidiom nonidiomatic-not expressed this way English		MAURA DIAZ M.A in Applied Lin
Unclear unclear-message not clear