Editing Symbols Guide

Symbol Meaning Example

sp Spelling Frist, she is an excellent cook.
sp
^ Missing something went to the grocery store.
^
/ Delete something John he went to the market.
MS Missing Subject Finally, is important in our daily lives.
^MS
MV Missing Verb We always after school.
^MV
C Change to a capital letter or make a C
small letter medicine is important when you are sick.
WW Wrong word I very like watching TV.
WW
WF Your word form (part of speech) is I need to observation another classroom.
incorrect WF

VT Verb tense Yesterday, she buy a new car.

VT
WO Word order They usually games play.

P Punctuation It is important to understand lectures in college

^p
SV Subject Verb Agreement Everyone in your class have a great attitude.
SV
# Number agreement #
A lot of person like listening to music.
Frag Sentence Fragment Cellphones are the best invention. Because they are very useful.
frag
RO Run on sentence RO
In my opinion, cell phones should be used in class they have great
apps that students can use.
CS Comma Splice CS
The winter is quite cold in Canada, many people go south to avoid the
cold.

C. Piersma - Adapted from: J. Steward