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CORRECTION SYMBOLS

SYMBOL MEANING EXAMPLE OF ERROR CORRECTED SENTENCE

p Punctuation I live,p and go to school herep I live and go to school here.

ᶺ Missing word Iᶺ working in a restaurant. I am working in a restaurant.

cap Capitalization cap cap

It’s located at main and day streets in the city.

It’s located at Main and Day

streets in the city.

vt Verb tense vt

I never work as a cashier until I

vt get a job there.

I never worked as a cashier until I got a job there.

s/v Subject-verb agreement

s/v

The manager work hard.

The manager works hard.

pron

agr

Pronoun agreement

pron agr

All employees work hard at your jobs.

All employees work hard at their jobs.

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SYMBOL MEANING EXAMPLE OF ERROR CORRECTED SENTENCE

Connect to make one sentence

We work together. So we have become friends.

We work together, so we have become friends.

sp spelling sp The maneger is a woman.

The manager is a woman.

sing/pl Singular or plural

She treats her employees like

Sing/pl slave.

She treats her employees like slaves.

X Unnecessary word

My boss she watches everyone all the time.

My boss watches everyone all the time.

wf Wrong word form

wf Her voice is irritated.

Her voice is irritating.

ww Wrong word The restaurant is always crowded

ww why the food is delicious.

The restaurant is always crowded because the food is delicious.

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SYMBOL MEANING EXAMPLE OF ERROR CORRECTED SENTENCE

wo or

Wrong word order

Friday always is our busiest night.

Friday is always our busiest night.

cs Run-on sentence

cs Lily was fired, she is upset.

Lily was fired, so she is upset.

sing/pl Singular or plural

She treats her employees like

Sing/pl slave.

She treats her employees like slaves.

prep preposition prep We start serving dinner 6:00 p.m.

ᶺ

We start serving dinner at 6:00 p.m.

art article art We expect glass of water when

ᶺ we first sit down.

We expect a glass of water when we first sit down.

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SYMBOL MEANING EXAMPLE OF ERROR

CORRECTED SENTENCE

¶ Start a new paragraph

nfs/nmp Needs further support/needs more proof. Add more details to support your points.