ApPENDIX
D Meaning
Correction Symbols Incorrect
P-
p.
p.
punctuation
o
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do you work.
c::::> word missing
p.
capitalization
1\
-..-
5p.
pI.
X w.f:
It is located at Main and Baker Streets in the city.
v.t.
I never work as a cashier until
I had never worked as a cashier
I get a job there.
until I got a job there.
subject-verb
0.8r• The manager work hard.
The manager works hard.
agreement
There ~ five employees.
There are five employees.
make one word or
EverYOne works hard. We work together.~ So we have
We work together, so we have
sentence
become frIends.
become friends.
spelling
The mane&~ is a woman.
vi:
r"'
CD.p.
It is located at main and llaker C D.J>. c.. p; streets in the £ity.
-
o..;r.
Where do you work?
I working in a restaurant. C4~.
COf.
I live and go to school here.
I live, and go to school hereWh~
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Everyone works hard.
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:!Jp.
,,1. plural
She treats her employees like 1!av!t.
unnecessary
My boss ~
word
the time.
wrong word
Her voice is irritated.
watches everyone all
My boss watches everyone all the time.
w.,p.. form
'w.W.
wrong word
The food is delicious. the restaurant
\MW.
Besides,
is always crowded.
The food is delicious. Therefore, the restaurant is always crowded.
Appendix D Correction Symbols
pronoun
The..,restaurant's specialty is fish.
The restaurant's
reference error
TIley are always fresh. r,P. The food is delicious. Therefore,.ll is always crowded.
is always fresh.
wrong word
re.~.
Friday~our
I
specialty is fish. It
The food is delicious. Therefore. the restaurant
is always crowded.
busiest night.
order
~o
RO comma splice (incorrectly
Lily was fired she is upset.
Lily was fired, so she is upset.
OR
Lily was fired; therefore,
c.s
Lilywas fired, she is upset.
she is upset.
Because Lily was fired, she is upset. Lily is upset because she was fired.
joined independent clauses) fragment (incomplete sentence)
She was fired. Because she was always late.
EO
She was also careless. She frequently spilled coffee on the table. S. "Is open from 6:00 P.M.until the last customer leaves.
She was fired because she was always late.
She was also careless.
For example.
she frequently spilled coffee on the table.
The restaurant
is open from 6:00 P.M.
until the last customer
leaves.
V. The employee~on time and work hard.
7'~' We start serving dinner,,6:00 P.M.
c.~.
The garlic shrimp, fried clams, 1\ broiled lobster are the most popular dishes.
The garlic shrimp. fried clams. and broiled lobster are the most popular dishes.
()I\t.
Diners expect.f!lass of water when I'( orot-. they first sit down at,{able. Symbol for a paragraph
Diners expect a glass of water when they first sit down at the table.