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- 1. 1 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 Mainand 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.
- 2. 2 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 Singularor 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 alwayscrowded because the food is delicious.
- 3. 3 SYMBOL MEANING EXAMPLE OF ERROR CORRECTED SENTENCE wo or Wrong word order Friday always is our busiest night. Friday is alwaysour busiest night. cs Run-on sentence cs Lily was fired, she is upset. Lily was fired, so she is upset. sing/pl Singularor 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.
- 4. 4 SYMBOL MEANING EXAMPLE OF ERROR CORRECTED SENTENCE ¶ Start a new paragraph nfs/nmp Needs further support/needs more proof. Add more detailsto support your points.