Correction Symbols Below, you will find common symbols that your instructors may use to indicate errors in your writing. Also, keep in mind that your instructors may use additional symbols that are not on this sheet. We suggest that you discuss these symbols with your instructors if you are unsure what they are asking you to corres ct. Symbol | Meaning Incorrect Correct ep | Punctuation _| I live work, and go to school in _| I live, work, and go to school in Walnut. Walnut. Capitalization | The dodgers play in los angeles. | The Dodgers play in Los Needed = Sia Angeles. vT VT | Verb Tense | Inever work as a cashier until! | I never worked as a cashier until got a job there. 1 got the job there. Subject-verb | The manager work hard. The manager works* hard, SV | Agreement * This is just one correct tense that can be used. Depending on the time of the action, conjugate accordingly. Ts TS | Tense Shift Afier I went to the store, I gat the | After I went to the store, T ate ice cream I bought. the ice cream I bought. | SD _| Close Space Ever{dne works hard. Everyone works hard. # | Space Needed | Goingio class is awesome. Going to class is awesome. r sp SP Spelling ‘The maneger is a woman. ‘The manager is a woman. [PL E ‘i PL Plural Apple are the most nutritious Apples are the most nutritious fruit. fruit. @ Unnecessary | The student Gi studies all the | The student studies all the time. Word > _| time. O | Missing Word | Please doni(he that question | Please don’t ask me that anymore. _ question anymore.i WF Her voice is delighted. WF | Wrong Word Her voice is delightful Form Ww. | Wrong Word | The food is delicious. Besides, | The food is delicious. | the restaurant is always crowded. | Therefore, the restaurant is always crowded. ww “The apple is delighted, The apple is delicious. | UY) | Wrong Word | Friday (evays/our busiest day. | Friday is always our busiest Order day. PN | Pronoun ‘The restaurant's specialty is fish. | The restaurant's specialty is Reference Error | They are always fresh. fish. It is always fresh. PN Ro ‘ B QO | Run-on (Fused | Lily is hardworking she is Lily is hardworking, so she is Sentence) employee of the month, employee of the month OR Lily is hardworking: therefore, she is employee of the month, OR Because Lily is a hard worker, | she is employee of the month. OR Lily is employee of the month | because she is a hard worker. cS CS | Comma Splice | Lily isa hard workegpshe is Same as above run-on employee of the month. corrections Frag. Frag. Fragment ihe weradesal Hewes | Sieve ndnie¥ioconas ths sets a good « sets @ good example. Transition Mt. SAC has many great Mt. SAC has many great Vl westa services! The Writing services. For example, the Center hélps students improve | Writing Center helps students their writing. improve their writing. S _| Subject Needed is open from 6 pm. until the last | ‘The restaurant is open from 6 ~~ Peustomer leaves. p.m. until the last customer leaves, Vv | Vie Pa Verb Needed | The employees;on time and ‘The employees are on time and work hard. work hard.Prep. I should be indented. Prep. Preposition We start serving dinner 6 p.m. | We start serving dinner at 6 Needed ea pm. : or) eee Con}. | Conjunetion | The garlic shrimp, fied clams, ) The garlic shrimp, fried clams, | Needed broiled lobster are the most and broiled lobster are the most popular dishes. popular dishes. Art: Art. | Article Needed | Diners expect glass of water Diners expect a glass of water when they first sit down altable. | when they first sit down at the | E Art. | table. [|_| Rentty He enjoys watching movies, "| He enjoys watching movies, Parallelism | riding his bike, and to go to_ _ riding his bike, and going to the Disneyland. 7 movies. Coll. ; Coll. | Sine! Tam going 2 class right now. Tam going to class right now. Colloquialism ta My daughter loves PBJ ll. | My daughter loves peanut butter sandwiches. perette and jelly sandwiches. DM Going to the store, I noticed the DM Dasatine Going to the store, the traffic | traffic was unusually heavy. Modifier was unusually heavy. OR | I realized the traffie was | unusually heavy as I went to the store. Sy | syntax [to the store with Dan wi [went to the store with Dan. wk. Awk. | Awkward The house of my mother is My mother’s house is always always clean. clean. [ Symbol | Meaning ‘Type of Error How to Correct Error Repetitive This error occurs, often times, | Take out repetitive material and Rep. when a writer repeats the same _| revise accordingly. idea, word(s), concepts, ete. 77 | Confusing Tdeas are not clear to the reader. | Clarify ideas and revise ++ | Passage accordingly. Formatting Correction Symbols Gy | Began” [Pamareph covers unrelaednew | Look fora reskin Paragraph topic. thoughts/ideas and revise according! Tndent The beginning of each paragraph | Hit the “tab” button on the keyboard,