Please print this page and refer to it when reading my comments on your
essays.
? What? I do not understand what you are
trying to say
??? I very much don't understand what
you are trying to say
X Wrong
Abb Don't abbreviate
Awk Awkwardly phrased
B Put in bold
Bib List of works consulted is missing or compiled
wrongly
CLARKE Do not cite my notes (I know
what I think) -- rather, refer to other primary or secondary sources in
question
D Diction is faulty
DS Double-space
EWS You should work on your essay writing skills by
consulting my on-line Guide and other
resources on- and off-line
G Grammatical error
I Indent
IS Incomplete sentence
It Put in italics
L Illogical development of the
argument
NP Number Pages
NS Non sequitur: a given proposition does
not logically follow the previous proposition, hence your use of
connectives like 'therefore' or 'thus' is inappropriate
P Punctuation error
Par Faulty paragraphing
PC Paragraph construction
// Begin a new paragraph
// Do not begin a new
paragraph
PP Page numbers missing after
quotes or paraphrases
Q Cite question
Quo put in quotation marks
DI or --> I I <-- Double indent long quotes
DI Don't double
indent short quotes
Inc Include quotes properly in the
stream of a sentence or paragraph
S Spelling error (S
drawn through a word)
SC Sentence construction is faulty
So Cite source
S / V Subject / verb agreement
T Tense is wrong
PT Use the present tense
Ti Title to be underlined or put in
inverted quotation marks
U Underline
