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The Gallaudet Writer's Handbook

Marcia B. Bordman & Anne Womeldorf
English Department, Gallaudet University

Revision Symbols

adj cl adjective clause 5, CE 57 mm misplaced modifier CE 61
adj ph adjective phrase 11, CE 63 nc non-count noun 20, QR 45-47, CE 61
adv cl adverb clause 5, 17, CE 58 n cl noun clause 4, QR 50, CE 58-59
adv ph adverb phrase 12 n ph noun ph 21, CE 63
adv t adverb of time QR 42, CE 72 neg negative form QR 53
a/p active/passive voice 36, QR 51-53, CE 55-56 poss possessive 22, CE 63-64, UD
ant pronoun/antecedent 22, CE 64 prep preposition 26-27, QR 48
art article 15-16, CE 56-57, QR 43-44 ps part of speech 8, CE 62
aux auxiliary or modal 33-34, CE 70, UD2 p punctuation
comp comparison 10-11, 13,20, CE 59-60 qf question form QR 49-50, 52, CE 65
cond conditional clause 34 run-on run-on sentence CE 67
conj conjunction 17-18 sm subjunctive mood 35, QR 51-53
cs comma splice CE 65 sp spelling
doc Documenting Sources s/v subject/verb agreement CE 69
ed/ing ed/ing 37, CE 60-61 trv transitive verb 29, CE 68
frag sentence fragment CE 66 vf verb form QR 51-53, CE 69
fused fused sentences CE 66 vp verb pattern 38-39, CE 70-71
it/there CE 68, UD vt verb tense 31-33, CE 71-72
iv intransitive verb 29, CE 67 wc or voc word choice or vocabulary
lv linking verb 30, CE 67    

SYMBOLS:

// faulty parallelism CE 62 new paragraph
^ insert the image of two up and down arrows raise/lower case

 

1 QR Quick Reference; CE Common Errors; VD Verb Dictionary; UD Usage Dictionary; DOC Documenting Sources

2 Look up individual words -- be, do, can, must, etc. -- in the Usage Dictionary.

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