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
HEAD    Issue with the header
ITL        Italics—either add or remove
RO         Run-on sentence
SP         Spelling
S/V        Subject-verb
TNR      Change to Times New Roman
WC        Word choice