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Good point! |
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Great point - likely because you have made a link to one of the main
themes of the course! |
awk |
Awkward wording - the meaning of the sentence is difficult to discern. |
ROS |
Run on sentence - at least one too many phrases in the sentence. |
ref. |
A reference to the literature is appropriate for this point. |
? |
The point you are trying to make is not clear. |
^ |
Insert the word or phrase above at this point. |
// |
Start a new paragraph here - too much contained in this paragraph. |
reword |
Although the meaning of the sentence is discernable, rewording would
make the point even clearer. Often this is combined with "awk" or "NAS". |
NAS |
Not a sentence - most likely the subject, object, or verb is missing. |
# |
Number the pages please. |
ref. list |
You need a reference list or bibliography - even if there is only one
reference |
P? |
Purpose unclear - What is the purpose of your paper? What is your main argument in this
paper? Your purpose should be CLEARLY stated in the introductory paragraph. This might also indicate a spot where the point you are making is not consistent with the purpose of your paper. |
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The word is misspelled, e.gs.,: use the possessive of it - its - properly; contractions like "isn't" - should NOT be
used in a formal essay; use the Canadian spelling of words like favour. Here are some commonly misspelled words. |
Q S |
Quote sentence - A direct quotation does not stand on its own. (Only rarely is this acceptable
- e.g. a pithy quotation prior to the introduction of a paper - for reference,
I prefer not to see these unless you directly refer to them in the introduction).
A quotation should be prefaced by an introductory phrase. For example Baxter
claims that, "This quotation was prefaced by the phrase for example"
(author, year, page number). |
great |
Better word choice required - if a word is crossed out and perhaps, another suggested, it may just be
a suggestion that the original word may not portray the meaning
you seem to intend. In other cases it may be a grammatical error. |