Marks Used in Correcting Copy
| amb | = | Ambiguous. |
| and | = | A bad “and” sentence. Make two sentences or subordinate one clause. |
| ant | = | Antecedent not clear. |
| Cl | = | Not clear. |
| Cst | = | Construction faulty. |
| Coh | = | Coherence not good. |
| Con | = | Wrong connective. |
| Consult | = | Bring copy to instructor for discussion. |
| δ | = | Delete. |
| dull | = | Dull reading; put more life into the story. |
| E | = | Error. |
| ed | = | Editorializing; too much personal opinion. |
| FW | = | “Fine writing.” |
| Gr | = | Bad grammar. |
| K | = | Awkward; clumsily expressed. |
| ld | = | Poor lead; revise. |
| P | = | Punctuation wrong. |
| pt | = | Point of view shifted. |
| qt | = | Make this a direct quotation. |
| rep | = | Same word repeated too much. |
| rew | = | Rewrite. |
| sent | = | Use shorter sentences. |
| Sl | = | Slang. |
| Sp | = | Bad spelling. |
| SU | = | Sentence lacks unity. |
| T | = | Wrong tense. |
| unnec | = | Unnecessary details; omit some of them. |
| tr | = | Transpose. |
| W | = | Wrong use of word. |
| ? | = | Truth of statement questioned. |
| ¶ | = | Begin a new paragraph. |
| No ¶ | = | No ¶ needed. |
| = | Indent. | |
| = | Put the words together as one | |
| # | = | Separate into two words. |
| = | Hyphen needed. |