Technical Report Writing Correction Symbols

Symbol        Meaning

AWK               Awkward

CASE              Upper or Lower Case Shift

CS                   Comma Splice

CUT                Remove

CW                  Compound Word

FRAG              Fragment

P.C.                 Parenthetical Citation

RED                Redundant

REP                 Repetition

RO                  Run On

SP                    Spelling

S.P.                  Signal Phrase

S-V                  Subject-Verb Agreement

T                      Tense

TR                   Transpose

TRANS           Transition

TW                  Two Words

UC                   Unclear

V                      Vague

VT                   Verb Tense

WC                  Word Choice

X                      No Extra Space/Line Necessary

                  Insert Extra Line

?                      Omission

¶                      Paragraph

Punctuation

Symbol        Meaning

P                      Add or Change Punctuation

[x]                    Brackets

:                       Colon

,                       Comma

--                      Dash

...                     Ellipsis

!                       Exclamation Point

-                       Hyphen

(x)                    Parentheses

.                       Period

?                      Question Mark

“x”                  Quotation Marks

;                       Semicolon

/                       Slash