| abbr | Faulty abbreviation 64 |
| ad | Misused adjective or adverb 56 |
| agr | Problem with subject-verb or pronoun agreement 53, 55a |
| appr | Inappropriate word or phrase 47 |
| art | Incorrect or missing article 69 |
| awk | Awkward |
| cap | Faulty capitalization 63 |
| case | Error in pronoun case 55c |
| cliché | Overused expression 48d |
| coh | Problem with coherence 8d |
| com | Incomplete comparison 39c |
| coord | Problem with coordination 44a, b |
| cs | Comma splice 52 |
| d | Diction problem 47, 48 |
| dev | More development needed 8c, d |
| dm | Dangling modifier 43e |
| doc | Documentation problem
APA 29, 30
Chicago 33
COS 35
CSE 34
MLA 24, 2563 |
| emph | Problem with emphasis 44 |
| exact | Inexact word 48 |
| exam | Example needed 8c |
| frag | Sentence fragment 51 |
| fs | Fused (or run-on) sentence 52 |
| hyph | Problem with hyphen 67 |
| inc | Incomplete construction 39 |
| intro | Stronger introduction needed 8d |
| ital | Italics or underlining needed 66 |
| jarg | Jargon 47c |
| lc | lowercase letter needed 63 |
| mix | Mixed construction 40 |
| mm | Misplaced modifier 43a-d |
| mng | Meaning not clear |
| mood | Error in mood 54k |
| ms | Error in manuscript form 36a
APA 31
Chicago 33d
MLA 27 |
| num | Error in number style 65 |
| ¶ | Paragraph 8d |
| p | Punctuation error |
, | Comma 57a-j |
no , | Unnecessary comma 57k-o |
; | Semicolon 58 |
: | Colon 59 |
' | Apostrophe 60 |
" " | Quotation marks 61 |
. ? ! | Period, question mark, exclamation point 62a-c |
-- ( ) [ ] . . . / | Dash, parentheses, brackets, ellipses, slash 62d-h |
| para | Problem with a paraphrase 22b, c |
| pass | Ineffective use of passive voice 46b |
| pn agr | Problem with pronoun agreement 55a |
| quote | Problem with a quotation 22b, 61b, g |
| ref | Problem with pronoun reference 55b |
| rep | Repetitious words or phrases 38b |
| run-on | Run-on (or fused) sentence 52 |
| sexist | Sexist language 9d, 55a |
| shift | Shift in point of view, tense, mood, or voice 41 |
| sl | Slang 47a |
| sp | Misspelled word 68 |
| sub | Problem with subordination 44c, d |
| sv agr | Problem with subject-verb agreement 53 |
| t | Verb tense error 54e |
| trans | Transition needed 8d |
| usage | See Glossary of Usage 50 |
| var | Vary your sentence structure 45 |
| vb | Verb problem 54 |
| w | Wordy 38 |
| ww | Wrong word 48 |
| // | Parallelism needed 42 |
| # | Add a space |
| ^ | Insert
Close up space
Obvious error |
| ?? | Unclear |
