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<strong>Proofreader's</strong> <strong>guide</strong><br />

<strong>repet</strong> <strong>repet</strong>itive<br />

<strong>awk</strong> <strong>awk</strong>ward <strong>phrasing</strong><br />

<strong>colloq</strong>. <strong>colloq</strong>uial usuage; poor style for written document<br />

sexist don't use gender-specific language except where appropriate<br />

sp spelling error<br />

[t] put letter in quotation in lower case to suit grammar<br />

T put letter in lower case<br />

t put letter in upper case<br />

ww wrong word<br />

wc <strong>awk</strong>ward word choice<br />

wm word missing<br />

spl inf split infinitive (should be "to go quickly" rather than "to quickly go")<br />

pass You should use active rather than passive voice<br />

dang. part. dangling participle (i.e. “After giving the guys my clothes, they left.”)<br />

agr Verb and subject don't agree; or pronoun and noun don't<br />

tense Use present rather than past tense to discuss literary action<br />

run on run on sentence. Break up or restructure.<br />

frag sentence fragment<br />

spl. comma splice (adding two sentences together incorrectly with a comma)<br />

c. fault comma fault (dividing up a phrase with comma where it shouldn't<br />

belong)


consol. Consolidate two simple sentences in one.<br />

parallel keep terms of the list in parallel form or structure<br />

antec. Without an antecedent, a term like "it" or "they" doesn't refer to<br />

anything. Unclear.<br />

new paragraph<br />

§ make this paragraph or quotation part of the previous<br />

trans. you need a transition<br />

non-seq. this doesn't follow<br />

claim? your claim sentence should be analytical rather than descriptive<br />

∩ invert<br />

# Add a space or a line<br />

∩ no space<br />

[__ indent<br />

(page ref) Page reference missing<br />

spell out Don't abbreviate numbers, i.e. 19th instead of nineteenth<br />

______ Italicize or underline<br />

^ insert<br />

del. delete<br />

poss. possessive requires an apostrophe (in case of all pronouns except "its"<br />

which does not)

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