Correction Symbols

Letters and numbers in bold type refer to sections of the Handbook.

ab faulty abbreviation M6
ad misuse of adverb or adjective G7
agr n error in noun agreement E3
agr p/a error in pronoun-antecedent agreement G2
agr s/v error in subject-verb agreement G6
appr inappropriate word W3
art error in the use of an article T1
cap use a capital letter M2
case error in pronoun case G4
cs comma splice S1
dm dangling modifier E4-b
ESL English as a second language T
exact inexact word W2
frag sentence fragment S3
fs fused sentence S2
hyph error in use of hyphen M1
inc incomplete construction E1
integ question, quotation, or thought has not been integrated smoothly E6
mixed mixed construction E5
mm misplaced modifier E4-a
mood error in mood G5-c
no ab do not abbreviate M6-d
no cap do not capitalize M2-f
no und do not italicize M5-d
num error in use of numbers M4
p error in punctuation P
image comma P1
image no comma P2
; semicolon P3-a, b, c, d
no ; no semicolon P3-e
: colon P4-a
no : no colon P4-b
— dash P5
no— no dash P5-c
image quotation marks P6
image no quotation marks P6-e
image apostrophe P7
image no apostrophe P7-e
( ) parentheses P8
[ ] brackets P9
. . . ellipsis marks P10
/ slash P11
. period P12
? question mark P13
! exclamation point P14
pron error in pronoun use G3
ref error in pronoun reference G1
shift passage contains a shift in tense, person, number, mood, or voice, or from direct to indirect discourse E2
sp spelling M7
t error in verb tense G5-a
und italics M5
vb error in verb form G5-b, T2
voice ineffective use of passive voice G5-d
w wordy W1
wc ineffective word choice W
ww wrong word GL
// faulty parallelism E7
# add a space M3-a
image close up space M3-b
image insert
image delete
X obvious error