| Abbreviation |
Meaning
|
Example
|
| Ab |
faulty
abbreviation |
She
had earned a Phd along with her M.D. |
Agr
See also P/A and S/V
|
agreement
problem:
subject/verb OR
pronoun/antecedent |
The
piano as well as the guitar need tuning.
The student lost their book. |
| Awk |
awkward
expression or construction |
The
storm had the effect of causing millions of dollars in damage. |
| Cap |
faulty
capitalization |
We
spent the Fall in Southern spain. |
| CS |
comma
splice |
Raoul
tried his best, this time that wasn't good enough. |
| DICT |
faulty
diction |
Due
to the fact that we were wondering as to whether it would
rain, we stayed home. |
| Dgl |
dangling
construction |
Working
harder than ever, this job proved to be too much for him to
handle. |
| -
ed |
problem
with final -ed |
Last
summer he walk all the way to Birmingham. |
| Frag |
fragment |
Depending
on the amount of snow we get this winter and whether the towns
buy new trucks. |
| | | |
Problem
in parallel form |
My
income is bigger than my wife. |
| P/A |
pronoun/antecedent
agreement |
A
student in accounting would be wise to see their
advisor this month. |
| Pron |
problem
with pronoun |
My
aunt and my mother have wrecked her car.
The committee has lost their chance to change
things.
You'll have to do this on one's own time. |
| Rep |
unnecessary
repetition |
The
car was blue in color. |
| R-O |
run-on
sentence |
Raoul
tried his best this time that wasn't good enough. |
| Sp |
spelling
error |
This
sentence is flaude with two mispellings. |
| -s |
problem
with final -s |
He
wonder what these teacher think of him. |
| STET |
Let
it stand |
The
proofreader uses this Latin term to indicate that proofreading
marks calling for a change should be ignored and the text
as originally written should be "let stand" |
| S/V |
subject/verb
agreement |
The
problem with these cities are leadership |
| cT |
verb
tense problem |
He
comes into the room, and he pulled his gun. |
| Wdy |
wordy |
Seldom
have we perused a document so verbose, so ostentatious in
phrasing, so burdened with too many words. |
| WW |
wrong
word |
What
affect did the movie have on Sheila?
She tried to hard to analyze its conclusion. |
