PROOFREADER'S MARKS
abr (abbr) improper abbreviation
agr-pr faulty
agreement between pronoun and referent
agr-vs faulty
agreement between subject and verb
aud audience
not clear
awk(k) awkward
sentence construction
bib error in
bibliographic form
ca incorrect case
cap incorrect capitalization
choppy too many short sentences-
subordinate
cl cliche;
tired, trite writing
coh paragraph
lacks coherence (smooth flow)
colloq colloquial or slang
con be more concise
cs comma
splice
cut cut this part out,
unnecessary
dead deadwood—unnecessary
phrases
det use
concrete details
dev development of idea
or argument needed
div incorrect word
division
dm dangling modifier
doc documentation
needed
ex,
e.g. example needed
fr error
in footnote form, or footnote needed
frag fragmentary
sentence
fs fused
sentence
inc incomplete
construction
ital italicize
(underline)
l logic, this
does not follow
lc use
lower case letter(s)
log faulty logic
mix mixed construction
mm(mod) misplaced or dangling
modifier
no
cap unnecessary
capital letter
org organization
faulty
pn (p) punctuation
problem
red redundant
ref reference needed
rep awkward/unnecessary
repetition
run
(run-on) run-on sentence
shift unwarranted shift in
verb tense
sl inappropriate
slang
sp misspelled word
split split construction
ss sentence
structure faulty
t verb tense
incorrect
tr transpose
words or letters as indicated
trans transition or flow is
poor
UC unclear
var vary
sentence structure/lack of sentence variety
WC poor word choice
Wdy (w) wordy
ww wrong
word
x this is wrong,
possibly accidental
? really? are you
sure? (not legible)
// faulty
parallelism
^ something missing; insert the above
move
encircled text to location indicated by arrow
∩ delete the space
~ transpose letters or words
¶_ new
paragraph
No
¶_ no
new paragraph