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Proofreading Marks and Abbreviations

 

 

I. Marks and Abbreviations used within the text:

Take out; delete

;

Semicolon

Left out; insert

Apostrophe

Insert Space

Quotation marks

Close up wording

-

Hyphen

Period

Paragraph

Comma

No Paragraph

:

Colon

Transpose

II. Marks and Abbreviations used as notations in the margins.

These notations will refer to underlined errors within a text.

agr

Agreement: the verb must agree with that subject in number

ambig

Ambiguous: the meaning is unclear

Bpr

Broad pronoun reference: a pronoun referent used lacks a specific noun antecedent

ca

Wrong case used

cap

Capital letter needed

coh

Faulty coherence

cst

Faulty sentence construction

d

Faulty diction (word selection)

DM

Dangling modifier

DR

Divided reference of the pronoun

frag

Fragment: not a complete sentence

gr

Grammar error

illeg

Word is illegible

?

Meaning is unclear

lc

lowercase

N/a

Do not use abbreviations

0

Superfluous punctuation

p

Punctuation error

RTS

Run-together sentences

R/O

Run-on

sp

Spelling error

ST

Shift in tense

WT

Wrong tense

ww

Wrong word

 

   

last updated: 5-jan-04