AP1C-11
Proofreading Symbols
SYMBOL
MEANING
CORRECT THE EXAMPLE
1. art
Article (a, an, the)
David has part-time job in Schmitz Hall.
2. cap
Use a capital letter
Ryan writes french poems.
3. [frag]
Not a complete sentence
Our teacher Lori.
4. lc
Use a lower case letter
Robert can play Drums.
5. X
Omit a word, phrase, or sentence
Jenny rides a her bicycle every day.
6. #
An error in plural or singular
Kay has four roommate.
7. О
Add, omit, or change punctuation
Jane likes apples oranges and grapes.
8. RO
Run-on sentence
My roommate was sleeping, we didn’t want to wake her up.
9. sp
Spelling error
An accident ocured.
10. sv
Subject and verb don’t agree
There are a cup on the table.
11. T
Verb Tense
He is here since June.
12. wf
Word form
I saw a beauty picture.
13. mw
Word is missing
I want go to the zoo.
14. wo
Word order error
I saw five times that movie.
15. wc
Word choice error
She got on the taxi.
16. ?
Unclear meaning
He borrowed some smoke.
17. ¶
Start a new paragraph or indent the paragraph
ABBREVIATION
n
v
adj
pro
adv
art
prep
conj
MEANING
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Pronoun
Adverb
Article
Preposition
Conjunction
EXAMPLE
cat, hospital, pen
go, love, decide
happy, Korean
he, them, it, your, there, who
fast, well, slowly
a, an, the
in, on, to, with
and, because, after, but
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