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Marking Abbreviations
Editing: changes to correct the mistakes in your writing (sentence structure &
grammar)
R/O

: run-on sentence
No one can ignore the plight of the poor, and wealthier citizens should work to
encourage education and health care for their less advantaged counterparts
because a person cannot grow and work effectively unless he is healthy and
educated, thus making the nation and communities stronger, when everyone can
work and contribute to society.

CS

: comma splice
The store was closed, I went home.

FR

: fragment / incomplete sentence

Which was good since I didnt have the money.

WW

: wrong word
I need a bigger celery.
Arent you a sight for sour eyes?
Alexander Graham Bell gave birth to the telephone.

NSW

: no such word
Inflatuation is an issue for people with small celeries.

WF

: incorrect word form

His confusement was overpowering his judgement.

Prep

: preposition error
He is responsible of the whole project.

AWK

: awkward wording / phrase

Both sides of aspects are reasonable.
All your base are belong to us.

col

: inappropriate level of diction. Slang.

Shakespeare wuz da main man of his hood & chilled in da crib wit is homies &
stuff. Aight?

//ism

: parallelism
Cinderella, a milquetoast maid, is no longer an appropriate heroine for twentyfirst century girls who voice their desires, take action, and being valued as
equals to men.

Agr

: Subject-verb agreement error

We is going to sing. I is what I is.

PR

:pronoun reference agreement

Paul travelled across the ocean to find her wife.

mm / dm

: misplaced or dangling modifier

He bought a bicycle for his wife with a big red seat.

While eating a sandwich, a train pulled out of the station.

vt /
tense

: verb tense (Note: use present tense when discussing art and literature)
The Mona Lisa smiled mysteriously.

: punctuation
What is your name.

Red

: redundancy
I think.., I feel.., I believe.., In my opinion...
Although the movie had won awards, but I didnt enjoy it.

Sp

: spelling
intresting, eventhough, alot,

Revisions: changes to improve your writing quality

id.

: incorrect use of idiom

All hell broke off.

: diction (though the word is technically correct, there are other, better options)
Interesting, good, bad, thing, something

UN

: unclear
(how youre trying to trying to express your idea is unclear; the sentence/idea
cannot be understood)

Log

: logic; the argument is fallacious

The Holocaust was a terrible war.

DEV

: development
(add more details and explain the claim youve made)

ORG

: organization
(should more idea to match other ideas, or to create more impact)

: number should be spelt out

I had gone to 5 different schools before I was twelve

Awk

: awkward (mixed construction)

A person taking on the role of caregiver for another, a sick elder, perhaps, is a
very demanding job.

: wordy
It is important to effect the verbalization of concepts through the utilization of
unsophisticated terminology.

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