21AUG02

MARGINAL MARKINGS

The following marks may appear in the margin of your paper. When such a mark does appear, there is a corresponding error in the line of text on which the mark appears.

c = inappropriate use of capitals or lower case letters

cs = comma splice

e = word ending error (missing "s" or "e", etc.)

fs = fused sentence (run-on sentence)

h = homonym (using "to" instead of "too," etc.

mm = misplaced modifier

p = punctuation (missing, incorrect, or unnecessary

punctuation marks)

paa = pronoun/antecedent agreement error

pami = pronoun antecedent missing or inappropriate

sf = sentence fragment

si = split infinitive

sp = spelling error

sva = subject/verb agreement

ts = verb tense shift

typo = typographical error

vt = inappropriate verb tense

wc = inappropriate choice of words

wm = word missing

x = other

EXAMPLES:

sva c My mother need to stop smoking a Pack a day

paa h because you may get lung cancer. Like to many

e p sp heavy smoker, she just doesnt seem to relize

paa sva fs their life were at stake this make me upset.

p c p In John Hickss article "The farmers

p pami sva sp Grievances he describe the problms faced

typo cs by framers in the industrial age, they

wm sp sf suffered from the of suden change.And revolted.

[SOURCE: Ann Erickson Healy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee]