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ENGLISH COMPOSITION (ESL)

Information:

• Correction Symbols
• English Grammar
• Getting Started
• Invention, Arrangement, and Style
• An Open Letter to Aspiring Writers
• Recommended Reading for English Composition (ESL)
• Revision Checklist
• Submission Guidelines for English Composition (ESL)
• Writing Effective Paragraphs
• Writing Effective Sentences

CORRECTION SYMBOLS

ENGLISH GRAMMAR:  WORD RELATIONSHIPS
IN PHRASES AND CLAUSES

Adapted from Frank J. D'Angelo, Process and Thought in Composition, 2nd ed. (1980), quite simply one of the most intelligent, eloquent, and "teachable" texts on the subject of writing-as-a-thinking-process ever published.  Out-of-print now for some time, it is available, however,  "used," from various sources, and highly recommended.  jbc

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ADJ	Problem with an adjective.
ADV	Problem with an adverb.
AGRV	Make verb agree in number with subject.
AGRP	Make pronoun agree in number with antecedent.
AMB	Ambiguous.  Rethink and rewrite.
ART	Problem with an article.
ASP	Problem with aspect.
AWK	Awkward.  Rephrase .
AUX	Problem with an auxiliary.
CAP	Use a capital letter.
CF	Comma fault.  Repair.
CONJ	Problem with a conjunction.
CONT	Avoid contractions.
DEV	Develop ideas more fully.
DEV/C	Develop for clarity.
DIC	Consider revising.
DIC/CLI	Cliche, trite.  Rephrase.
DIC/ID	Idiomatic expression.
DICT/ W	Wordy, verbose.  Rewrite and condense.
DIC/WW	Wrong word.  Consult dictionary.
D/MM	Dangling/misplaced modifier.  Repair.
FRAG	Sentence fragment.  Rewrite with subject and predicate.
LC	Use lower case letters.
MECH	Faulty mechanics (quotations marks, brackets, parentheses).
MOOD	Problem with mood.
N	Problem with a noun.
POS	Review the parts of speech.
PREP	Problem with a preposition.
PRON	Problem with a pronoun.
PUNC	Faulty punctuation (comma, semi-colon, colon, period).
Q	Problem with a qualifier.
REF	Faulty pronoun reference.
RS	Run-on sentence.  Repair.
RS/P	Run-on sentence, punctuation (comma fault).  Repair.
SC	Problem with a sentence connector.
SP	Check your spelling.  Consult dictionary.
SS	Faulty sentence structure.  Repair.
S/P	Singular/Plural (Specific/General).
TENSE	Problem with tense.
THE	Work on thesis statement.
TOP	Work on topic sentence.
TPV	Problem with a two-part verb.
TS	Work on transition, sentence to sentence.
T¶	Work on transition, paragraph to paragraph.
T/W	That/Which.
V	Problem with a verb.
VOICE	Problem with voice.
X	Correct obvious error
^	Insert what has been omitted.
> <	Join.
O	The circled item is incorrect.
?	This is not clear.  Rethink and rewrite.
¶	Begin a new paragraph here.
no ¶	Do not begin a new paragraph here.
//ST	Faulty parallelism.  Restructure.

 

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