Return to Online Writing Lab - (OWL)       List of Correction Symbols  (Click on the appropriate symbol for explanations and examples.  1fdtpp  --  Aim for 1 fully developed topic per paragraph AA  --  Maintain audience awareness Ab  --  Improper abbreviation or number. Spell out. Agr  --  Error in agreement of pronoun and antecedent or of subject           and verb Ap  -- Omission or misuse of apostrophe Awk  --  Awkward expression--affects clarity and ease of reading Cap  --  Use a capital letter Coh  --  Lack of Coherence CS  --  Comma Splice--Two main clauses are joined with a comma; however, a semicolon or period is needed Dang  --  Dangling Modifier Dev  --  Inadequate paragraph development Frag  --  Sentence Fragment, i. e., incomplete thought IE  --  An introductory element that should be set off with a comma. L.T  --  Please drop by for a quick office visit--my verbal explanation will help more than anything I can write in the margin. Log  --  Faulty logic ¶    --   Begin new paragraph //  --  Faulty parallelism POV  --  Point of view shift Red  --Redundancy RO  --  Run-on sentence--Two main clauses fused together without appropriate punctuation. Sp  --  Spelling error T   --   Wrong tense of verb Trans  --  Faulty transition Var  --  Lack of sentence variety WW  --  Wrong word Wdy  --  Wordy Return to the top