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agr |
Agreement problem (subject/verb or pronoun/antecedent).
Eg: She walk home. |
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ambig |
Ambiguous |
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as w |
As worded |
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b/c |
Because |
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cap |
Capitalize |
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c/a |
Cause of action |
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c/b |
Could be |
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C |
conclusion |
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dm |
Dangling modifier
E.g. "While driving on Greenwood Avenue yesterday afternoon, a
tree began to fall toward Wendy's car." |
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e.g. |
Example |
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ics |
Incomplete sentence |
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intro |
Introductory |
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j |
Jargon |
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j.c. |
Judgment call |
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LS |
Long sentence (break into shorter sentences) |
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mng |
Meaning |
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N |
Need |
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Nd |
Needed |
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orig |
Original |
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prob |
Probably |
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PVN? |
Passive voice needed? |
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Q |
Question |
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QP |
Question presented |
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R |
Reader |
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rep |
This point or passage repeats something covered earlier |
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RA |
Rule application |
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ROS |
Run-on sentence |
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RP |
Rule proof |
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Ru |
Rule |
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S |
Sentence |
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Ss |
Sentences |
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SS |
Sentence structure |
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sig |
Significance (usually with a ? which means "what is the significance of this?") |
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sing/pl |
Sentence mismatches singular and plural nouns and pronouns. |
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sp |
Check spelling of this word |
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stet |
Latin for "Let it stand." The proofreader uses this Latin term to indicate that proofreading marks calling for a change should be ignored and the text as originally written should be "let stand." |
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sub |
Subject |
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TS |
topic sentence |
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TS 1st |
Write a topic sentence before going into supporting information |
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unNd |
Unneeded |
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vb |
Verb |
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w/ |
With |
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W |
Wordy--this point could be covered in fewer words |
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wc |
Word choice |
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w/b |
Would be |
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WW |
Wrong word--another word will convey the meaning more accurately |
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¶ |
Paragraph |
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1S¶ |
One-sentence paragraph--usually means point was not developed adequately because most points take more than 1 sentence to explain and support |
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~ |
Logical link between two sentences or paragraph is not clear |
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# |
Space needed here. |
