Editing Marks Guide

Here is a guide to some of the editing symbols (some standard, some my own) you'll be seeing on your papers this semester.

˄  -  insert
↑  -  fix spacing issue (usually when text is not properly double-spaced)

→  -  indent once
→ →  -  indent twice
+  -  good point 
?  -  meaning unclear
#  -  add space
" "  -  add quotation marks
¶  -  new paragraph 
Ҩ  -  delete
2X  -  double space
AWK  -  awkward phrasing
CS  -  comma splice
FRAG  -  fragment
OP  -  off prompt—thesis or paragraph is misaligned with the prompt  
HEAD  -  fix issue with the header
ITL  -  -italics—either add or remove
RO  -  run-on sentence
SP  -  spelling
SV  -  subject-verb agreement
TNR  -  change to Times New Roman
WC  -  word choice