Revision symbols

REVISION SYMBOLS

REVISION SYMBOLS

Some instructors use these symbols as a kind of shorthand to guide you in revision. The numbers refer to a chapter number or a section of a chapter.

abb abbreviation 61
ad adjective/adverb 42
agr agreement 40, 41
awk awkward
cap capitalization 60
case case 41
cliché cliché 30d
cohere coherence 5e
com incomplete comparison 49e
concl weak conclusion 4h, 5g, 15c
coord coordination 51a
cs comma splice 46
d diction 30
def define 5d
dev development needed 5d
dm dangling modifier 48c
doc documentation 32–35
emph emphasis unclear 53a
ex example needed 5c and d
frag sentence fragment 47
fs fused sentence 46
hyph hyphen 63
inc incomplete construction 49
intro weak introduction 4h, 5g
ital italics (or underlining) 62
jarg jargon 30a
lc lowercase letter 60d
log logic 8f, 9g
lv language variety 29
mix mixed construction 49a
mm misplaced modifier 48a
ms manuscript form 16
no , no comma 54k
num number 61
org organization 3e, 9j
image paragraph 5
image faulty parallelism 45
paraph paraphrase 13a and c
pass inappropriate passive 39g, 50c
ref unclear pronoun reference 41h
run-on run-on (fused) sentence 46
sexist sexist language 28b, 41g
shift shift 44
slang slang 30a
sp spelling 31e and f
subord subordination 51b
sum summarize 13a and d
t tone 4i, 30a and d, 44f
trans transition 5e–g, 52b
u unity 5b
verb verb form 39a–d
vs verb sequence 39f
vt verb tense 39e, f, and h
wrdy wordy 50
wv weak verb 53b
ww wrong word 30a and b
image comma 54
image semicolon 55
image period, question mark, exclamation point 56
image apostrophe 57
image quotation marks 58
image parentheses, brackets, dash 59
image colon, slash, ellipses 59
image insert
image transpose
image close up
image obvious error