MARKING CODES

MARKING CODE

SYMBOL	MEANING OF SYMBOL	EXAMPLE
P	Begin a new paragraph
	Do not begin a new paragraph
sp	Misspelled word	truely
Sp'	Add or delete an apostrophe Possessive	Bill_s car can_t _ insert apostrophe
cap	Capitalization	august
ww	Wrong Word usage Sound alikes	There / their / they're I am to short.
frag	Fragment. Sentence lacks a subject or a verb	Running into the store.
r- on	Run on sentence Comma splice	I was late, my alarm did not sound.
punc	Incorrect punctuation
" "	Use quotation marks	"I won't go,_ I said.
^	Something has been omitted	I mailed ^ letter
agr	Subject / Verb agreement	Are everybody here?
agr	Subject / Pronoun agreement	Someone stuck their head in the door.
tense	Incorrect tense Tense shift	I saw him as I come home.
vague	Unclear wording Lacks accuracy or specifics	What he had done was not good.
mm	Misplaced modifier (dangling and squinting modifiers)	WANTED: a piano by a man with wooden legs.
fp	Faulty parallelism List is not structured the same	I like running, jumping and to skip
	Passive voice – use active voice by changing subject	The ball was thrown by Bill Bill threw the ball.
awk	Numerous errors.	School are real fun like.
	No specific error - but could be worded better. Syntax could be improved. Rewrite.
cliche	An overused expression - reword	He took the bull by its horns.