Revision Symbols

Letter-number codes refer to sections of this book.

abbr faulty abbreviation P9
adj misuse of adjective G4
add add needed word S2
adv misuse of adverb G4
agr faulty agreement G1, G3-a
appr inappropriate language W4
art article M2
awk awkward
cap capital letter P8
case error in case G3-c, G3-d
cliché cliché W5-e
coh coherence C5-d
coord faulty coordination S6-c
cs comma splice G6
dev inadequate development C5-b
dm dangling modifier S3-e
-ed error in -ed ending G2-d
emph emphasis S6
ESL ESL grammar M1, M2, M3, M4, M5
exact inexact language W5
frag sentence fragment G5
fs fused sentence G6
gl/us see glossary of usage W1
hyph error in use of hyphen P7
idiom idiom W5-d
inc incomplete construction S2
irreg error in irregular verb G2-a
ital italics P10
jarg jargon W4-a
lc lowercase letter P8
mix mixed construction S5
mm misplaced modifier S3-b
mood error in mood G2-g
nonst nonstandard usage W4-c
num error in use of number P9
om omitted word S2
image new paragraph C5
p error in punctuation
image comma P1
no , no comma P2
image semicolon P3
image colon P3
image apostrophe P4
image quotation marks P5
image period, question mark P6
image exclamation point P6
image dash, parentheses P6
image brackets, ellipsis mark P6
image slash P6
pass ineffective passive W3
pn agr pronoun agreement G3-a
proof proofreading problem C3-d
ref error in pronoun reference G3-b
run-on run-on sentence G6
-s error in -s ending G2-c
sexist sexist language W4-f
shift distracting shift S4
sl slang W4-d
sp misspelled word P7
sub faulty subordination S6-d
sv agr subject-verb agreementG1, G2-c
t error in verb tense G2-f
trans transition needed C5-d
usage see glossary of usage W1
v voice W3
var sentence variety S6-b, S6-c, S7
vb verb error G2
w wordy W2
image faulty parallelism S1
image insert
image obvious error
image insert space
image close up space