Introduction
Short Papers
Long Papers
Text Formatting
Documentation and Listing Sources
Reference Words and Abbreviations
Proofreading Marks and Abbreviations
Appendix
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I. Marks and Abbreviations used within the text:
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Take out; delete
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Semicolon
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Left out; insert
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Apostrophe
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Insert Space
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Quotation marks
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Close up wording
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Hyphen
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Period
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Paragraph
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Comma
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No Paragraph
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Colon
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Transpose
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II. Marks and Abbreviations used as notations in the margins.
These notations will refer to underlined errors within a text.
agr
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Agreement: the verb must agree with that subject in number
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ambig
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Ambiguous: the meaning is unclear
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Bpr
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Broad pronoun reference: a pronoun referent used lacks a specific noun antecedent
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ca
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Wrong case used
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cap
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Capital letter needed
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coh
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Faulty coherence
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cst
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Faulty sentence construction
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d
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Faulty diction (word selection)
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DM
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Dangling modifier
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DR
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Divided reference of the pronoun
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frag
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Fragment: not a complete sentence
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gr
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Grammar error
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illeg
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Word is illegible
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?
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Meaning is unclear
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lc
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lowercase
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N/a
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Do not use abbreviations
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0
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Superfluous punctuation
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p
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Punctuation error
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RTS
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Run-together sentences
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R/O
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Run-on
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sp
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Spelling error
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ST
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Shift in tense
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WT
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Wrong tense
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ww
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Wrong word
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