This sheet clarifies my comments or recurrent writing problems in your paper, with pertinent references to sections in The Little, Brown Handbook. Other circled items or abbreviated comments should be reviewed on this list as well. Amplified discussion available on line.

  Abbr Meaning Section
  ; Semicolon problems 29
  ?? Unclear, reader confused, etc.  
  # Separate with a space  
  AB Faulty abbreviation 35
  AD Misused adjective or adverb 16
  AGR Error in agreement 15
  AP Apostrophe needed or misused 30
  APPR Inappropriate word 38a
  ARG Faulty argument 6a-g
  AWK Awkward construction  
  CA Error in case form 13
  CAP Use capital letter 33
  CIT Citation error, or missing 44f
  COH Coherence lacking 2c-4, 4b
  COMMA Comma problems 28
  CON Be more concise 38c
  COORD Coordination needed or faulty 24a
  CRIT Think or read more critically 5a
  CS Comma splice 18a-b
  CTR Spell out contractions  
  D Ineffective diction (word choice) 38
  DASH Review dash, colon, or comma for explanatory element 32
  DES Ineffective or incorrect document design 9
  DET Error in use of determiner 16i
  DEV Inadequate development 1-2, 4c
  DICT Check dictionary  
  DM Dangling modifier 21h
  EFF Ineffective sentence(s) 23-26
  EMPH Emphasis lacking or faulty 23
  EVI Insufficient evidence  
  EXACT Inexact word 38b
  FP Faulty predication 22b
  FRAG Sentence fragment 17
  FS Fused sentence 17
  GDR Gender, use inclusive language  
  GLB Too global or general a statement  
  GR Error in grammar 12-16
  HYPH Error in use of hyphen 41d
  IDIOM Strange idiom 38b 
  INC Incomplete construction 22c-e
  INDENT Indent quotes longer than 3 lines  
  INF Split infinitive  
  ITAL Italicize or underline 34
  LC Lower case 33F
  LOG Faulty logic 6g, 7d
  MECH Error in mechanics 33-37
  MIXED Mixed construction 22a-b
  MM Misplaced modifier 21a-g
  MNG? Meaning unclear  
  NO CAP Unnecessary capital letter 33f
  NUM Error in use of numbers, spelling 36
  P Error in punctuation 27-32
  PAR Paragraphing problems 4
  PRON Pronoun problems, inexplicit pronoun subject 19c
  PT Point  
  QUILT Quilting quotes or paraphrases Internet links
  QUOTE Problems with quote marks 31
  RED Redundant element(s)  
  REF Error in pronoun reference 19
  REP Unnecessary repetition 38c-3
  REV Revise for better sense or style  
  RUN Run-on sentence  
  SER Series not parallel, add final comma 23c, 28f
  SHIFT Inconsistency, shift in pronoun 20
  SP/Circled Misspellings, use a dictionary!  
  SPEC Be more specific 1d, 4c
  SUB Subordination needed or faulty 24b
  SYN Disorder in syntax, garbled syntax  
  T Error in verb tense 14g-h
  T SEQ Error in tense sequence 7f
  THS Unclear thesis  
  TOP Paragraph topic unclear  
  TRANS Transition needed 4b-6, 4e
  U Unity unclear  
  UC Upper case 33f
  UND Underline foreign language words, underline titles of books  
  UND Underline or italicize 34
  USAGE See Glossary of Usage p. 925
  VAR Vary sentence structure 26
  VB Error in verb form 14a-f
  w/, w/o With, without  
  W Wordy 38c
  WW Wrong word 38b-1
  X Error, delete