English Writing Errors
(and Correction Symbols)
Structure
Types of Error
(& Correction Symbols)
Examples and Related Web Pages
org
prg / start a new paragraph 
Explanation
No pag/
No
Do not begin a new paragraph here
pgr/dev

paragraph development 

http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/ParOrderIntro.html (from The UVic Writer's Guide)
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/parunif.html
(from HyperGrammar)
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/rvpardev.html(from HyperGrammar)

pgr/u/
UNITY
paragraph unity

 http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/ParUnity.html (from The UVic Writer's Guide)

ts

topic sentence 

http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/ParTopicSent.html (from The UVic Writer's Guide)
http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#10(from Elements of Style)

TS

thesis statement 

http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/thesis.html(from Writer's Web)

trans

wrong transition 

http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/MarkTrans.html (from The UVic Writer's Guide)
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writttech.transiti.htm

logic

confused thinking; logic 

http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/LogicTOC.html (from The UVic Writer's Guide)

coh

coherence 

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_cohere.html
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/ParagraphTransitions.html (from The UVic Writer's Guide)

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