2. General
No “you”
No contractions
Write out numbers < 100
TS? =
no topic sentence
topic sentence not clear or doesn’t cover the entire ¶
‘topic sentence’ refers to a specific detail
topic sentence doesn’t contain keyword
SS? = no summary statement (or one of above)
Rephrase thesis = You didn’t.
3. Sentence Structure Abbreviations
frag = fragment
R-O = run-on
sent struct = problem with sentence structure
s-v agree = problem with subject-verb agreement
pron agree = pronouns or pronoun-referent don’t agree
parallel = lacks parallelism
verb tense = wrong tense of verb used
verb shift = illogical shift in verb tense
Rep = repetition
wc = word choice
awk = awkward word or phrasing
4. Mechanics
sp = spelling error
∧, = insert comma
‘
∨ = insert apostrophe
∨ = insert missing word (often little words: of, in, the)
/
B = should be lowercase
B = should be capitalized
=
= delete
