Correction symbols chart

Correction symbols chart for paragraphs

1. 1

CORRECTION SYMBOLS
SYMBOL MEANING EXAMPLE OF ERROR CORRECTED SENTENCE
p Punctuation I live,
p
and go to school here
p
I live and go to school here.

ᶺ Missing word Iᶺ working in a restaurant. I am working in a restaurant.
cap Capitalization cap cap
It’s located at main and day
streets in the city.
It’s located at Main and Day
streets in the city.
vt Verb tense vt
I never work as a cashier until I
vt
get a job there.
I never worked as a cashier until I
got a job there.
s/v Subject-verb
agreement
s/v
The manager work hard.
The manager works hard.
pron
agr
Pronoun
agreement
pron agr
All employees work hard at your
jobs.
All employees work hard at their
jobs.

2. 2

SYMBOL MEANING EXAMPLE OF ERROR CORRECTED SENTENCE
͡
͝
Connect to
make one
sentence
͡
We work together. So we have
͝
become friends.
We work together, so we have
become friends.

sp spelling sp
The maneger is a woman.
The manager is a woman.
sing/pl Singular or
plural
She treats her employees like
Sing/pl
slave.
She treats her employees like
slaves.
X Unnecessary
word
My boss she watches everyone
all the time.
My boss watches everyone all the
time.
wf Wrong word
form
wf
Her voice is irritated.
Her voice is irritating.
ww Wrong word The restaurant is always
crowded
ww
why the food is delicious.
The restaurant is always crowded
because the food is delicious.

3. 3

SYMBOL MEANING EXAMPLE OF ERROR CORRECTED SENTENCE
wo or


Wrong word
order

Friday always is our busiest
night.
Friday is always our busiest night.

cs Run-on
sentence
cs
Lily was fired, she is upset.
Lily was fired, so she is upset.
sing/pl Singular or
plural
She treats her employees like
Sing/pl
slave.
She treats her employees like
slaves.
prep preposition prep
We start serving dinner 6:00
p.m.
ᶺ
We start serving dinner at 6:00
p.m.
art article art
We expect glass of water when
ᶺ
we first sit down.
We expect a glass of water when
we first sit down.

4. 4

SYMBOL MEANING EXAMPLE OF
ERROR
CORRECTED SENTENCE
¶ Start a new paragraph
nfs/nmp Needs further support/needs
more proof. Add more details to
support your points.