Revision Symbols

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The numbers and letters refer to chapters and sections in the Handbook. Chapter numbers are provided for references to sections outside of the Handbook.

abbr Faulty abbreviation 21
ad Misuse of adjective or adverb 1d, 1e, 9, 29
agr Faulty agreement 5, 7e, 7f, 7g
appr Inappropriate language Chapter 10
art Article 26
awk Awkward 7, 8, 10
cap Capital letter 20
case Error in pronoun case 7h7m
cliché Cliché Chapter 10
coh Coherence Chapter 8
cs Comma splice 4
coord Coordination Chapter 10 1f
dm Dangling modifier 10c
ESL ESL problem 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
exact Inexact word Chapter 10
frag Fragment 3
fs Fused sentence 4
hyph Error in use of hyphen 24
irreg Error in irregular verb 1c
ital Italics 23
lc Lowercase letter 20
mix Mixed construction 8h, 8i, 8j
mm Misplaced modifier 10a, 10b
num Number 22
para, ¶ New paragraph Chapter 8
pass Ineffective passive Chapter 10 6d
p Punctuation 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 18, 19
, Comma 12
no image No comma 12j
; Semicolon 13
: Colon 14
image Apostrophe 17
“ ” Quotation mark 15
. ? ! End punctuation 11
Dash 19
( ) Parentheses 18a, 18b, 18c
[ ] Brackets 18d, 18e
. . . Ellipsis mark 16
ref Reference, pronoun 7a–7d
run-on Run-on sentence 4
sexist Sexist language 7e
shift Shift 8a–g
sl Slang Chapter 10
sp Spelling 25
sub Subordination Chapter 10 1f, 2c, 2d
t Error in verb tense 1c, 6e, 6f, 27a
trans Transition Chapter 8
v Voice 1c, 6d
var Sentence variety Chapter 10
vb Verb error 6, 27
wrdy Wordiness Chapter 10
// Faulty parallelism Chapter 10
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X Obvious error