I use certain abbreviations over and over in marking student papers. Here's a list of abbreviations that I might use in marking your paper. If you have any questions, please ask me!
| Mark | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ? | meaning of a particular word or short phrase is unclear |
| (a) | an apostrophe needs to go in the place marked in the text |
| (c) | a comma needs to go in the space marked in the text |
| (h) | a hyphen needs to go in the space marked in the text |
| (something circled) | general punctuation (or other basic grammatical) problem |
| cap. | capitalize |
| l.c. | lower case |
| n.c. | no comma |
| n.h. | no hyphen |
| sp. out | spell out |