2nd Draft essay

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EDITING SYMBOLS with ESSAY REVISION

Search owl.english.purdue.edu for the guidelines to correct errors. If you revise your essay, create an editing log for your top three errors. Staple the editing log to the top of your revised essay and resubmit it. (It is not necessary to include this editing symbol sheet.) EXAMPLE:

Error Name : Comma splice OWL Guideline: A comma splice can be corrected by adding a coordinating conjunction before the comma. Original (Incorrect): The band leader disliked the song, he removed it from the set list. Revised (Correct): The band leader disliked the song, so he removed it from the set list. (Complete this log for three different errors.)

SYMBOL NAME OF GRAMMATICAL/MECHANICAL ERROR

# OF OCCURENCES

CS Comma splice

C/CC Comma with coordinating conjunction

C/IP Comma with introductory phrase

C/NE Comma with non-essential element

C/APP Comma with appositive

FR Sentence fragment

SP Misspelled word

MC Mixed construction sentence

Transpose letters/words

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FUS Fused sentence

B Capitalize (double underline)

B Don’t capitalize/need lowercase letter

# Error in spacing (delete space or create space)

EW Eliminate words/conciseness

¶

Create new paragraph

POV Shift in person/point-of-view

SSC Sentence coordination/combination needed

TENSE Shift in tense

MM Misplaced modifier

DM Dangling modifier

TRANS Need transitional word or phrase

ANTE Name the antecedent

QTN Error with quotation: marks, comma, or punctuation

INTEG Integrate quotation with a signal phrase, colon, or into a sentence.

AV Rewrite sentence in active voice

// Non parallelism

3

Delete

ITAL Need italics

EXP Expand paragraph

STET Ignore edit mark

5 Indent 5 spaces

CIT Error with in-text citation

2x Double space

-/—

Add hyphen Add dash(es)

RB/RI Remove bold Remove italics

Margin error

’ POSS

Add apostrophe for possessive case

PL Plural

REL Relevance/coherence