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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.