Correction Symbols

CORRECTION SYMBOLS

Symbol Meaning Example WW Wrong word Patient, funny and kindly (WW-kind) WF Wrong form Peter … She (WF-He) is WO Word order You haven’t seen [yet] London […] WO T Tense You have (T-had) fun yesterday SV Agreement She think (SV-thinks) ≠ Unnecessary John came in and he (≠) sat down.

√ Missing He has been looking (√-for) his book SP spelling Confortable (SP-comfortable) P punctuation Look out. (P-Look out!) – commas, questions marks, full- stops, … ∕∕ New When you find this symbol, you must begin a new paragraph paragraph. ∩ No new You don’t need anew sentence. Join up the ideas: sentence I went to the cinema. I saw a western – I went to the cinema to watch a western !!! !!! We’ve just done it in class. I’ve told you so many times. It depends on your level. ═ Capital letter London is a beautiful city and i want to visit it again. ═ «…» Not wrong, This isn’t quite right; it needs a clearer or better option but… (usually the teacher provides an alternative) Sg/pl wrong This (pl – these) are my parents Or changing plural into singular (pronouns, demonstratives, …) n. Noun (morphology) S (…) Subject (syntax) … Adj. Adjective (morp.) … v. Verb Prep. Preposition Pron. pronoun Adv. adverb ??? ??? I don’t understand what’s wrong because I don’t understand either your handwriting or what you want to say.

Your teacher can explain any question or doubt.

It will be necessary to revise and try to correct the mistakes and hand the text back to your teacher as soon as possible.

Other symbols may be used and added to the list if necessary.