[ ] Surround all my comments. Search for them using "find".
ww Wrong word
wrong form Wrong form of the word: "windy" for "winding," for example
[[ ]] Do you need this redundant [, superfluous] word (or these words)?
^ Insert a word or a punctuation mark
k Awkward (throw the sentence high into the air and unscramble it on the way down)
sp Spelling
inc incomplete
ref What is the reference for this word? [This often happens when you refer to a singular noun with a plural pronoun: "I go to Macy's. They have everything."]
tt Tarzan talk ("Pick up box" instead of "Pick up the box")
ss Siamese sentence - run-on sentence
etc You do this more than once. As in "[Ref. Etc]"
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Online guides for writers:
Purdue's
online resources for writers
Capital Community-Technical
College's guide to grammar and writing
Jack
Lynch's guide to grammar and style (Rutgers)
Common
errors in English (and non-errors to which some English teachers
object)
Questions? Email Brian McKinney
(bmckinne@silcon.com)