Sunday, June 12, 2022

Anne’s GUIDE TO MARGINAL NOTATIONS

 REFERENCE AND COPY FROM DE ANZA ENGLISH 1AT CLASS

 

·       Errors will be marked with a CHECK in the margin so that you can go in, find them, and then correct them. 

·       I will be expecting you to make fewer errors as the quarter progresses, especially the ones you’ve been working on. 

·       On each paper you receive back, you will need to correct the sentence-level errors. 

·       You can also revise the content of the paper once we have had a conference.

 

Frag

 

Fragment

You’re punctuating an incomplete sentence as if it can stand alone.

 

P

Proofread

This is a typo or missing word that you should’ve caught while proofreading.

 

PA

Pronoun Agreement

Your pronouns need to agree with the noun you are referring to.

 

à

An Arrow

This arrow indicates that the sentences can be combined to avoid choppiness.

 

 

A squiggly line

Imprecise, awkward, or unidiomatic wording

 

 

RTS

Run-together-sentence

You have incorrectly joined two or more sentences.  You’ll need to punctuate differently or rewrite the sentences.

 

WE

Word ending

You have forgotten an “s” or “ed” or you have one when it’s unnecessary.

 

S/V A

Subject/Verb Agreement

Your subject and verb need to agree, so you need to  change one of them.

 

VT

Verb Tense

Your verb tense is incorrect

 

WF

Word Form

Your word form is incorrect.

 

ART

Article—a, an, the

You have an article that’s missing or one that’s unnecessary.

 

 

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