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Marking
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Meaning
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highlights or P
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There is a spelling / grammar issue here (it could be any from this list)
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ABC
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A bit confused
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A/E
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An affect/effect issue
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AGR
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Error in agreement (e.g.g., subject-verb , pronoun-antecedent )
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APQ
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Need to answer all parts of the question
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AWK
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Construction or word choice difficult to understand (if this is a draft, rewrite!)
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BEA
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Need better explanation of argument(s)
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CAP
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A capitalization error (uppercase/lowercase)
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CIT
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Improper citation, or citation needed; inline, this can indicate improper formatting of a source’s title, etc.
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CUT
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Cut quotation down
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EA
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Excellent answer
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EWE
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Example without (adequate) explanation
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Frag
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A fragment, not a complete sentence
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GA
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Good answer
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GOTH
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Grain of truth here
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HWO
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Hand in with original
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I/W
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An if / whether issue
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ITS
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An its / it’s issue
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MCI
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Missing crucial information
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MHT
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Your meanings are too hard to track (specify where needed, and be consistent)
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MW
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Missing a word or words here.
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NAS
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Not a sentence
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NBA
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Need better argument(s)
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NBO
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Need better discussion(s) of objection(s)
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ND
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Need definition(s) (or better definition(s))
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NE
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Need to elaborate
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NO
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Need objection(s)
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NMS
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Not what you meant to say
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NQR
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Not quite right
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OT
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Need to stay on topic
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PTA
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Present the argument(s)
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P
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Improper punctuation (is there a problem with a comma, semicolon, colon, dash, apostrophe, or period? )
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RB
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You wrote, “the reason is because,” which should be “the reason is that…”
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RO
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Run-on sentence (or comma splice)
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RED
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There is a redundancy right here. Note that finding it might require that you read upstream.
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SAL
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Short of assigned length
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Sp
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Misspelled
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STR
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Strike this word
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TC
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Tense consistency issue (Are you drifting between past and present? )
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TIP
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Tie to (larger) point
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TN
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A then / than issue
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TRANS
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Need transition (or better transition)
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TTT
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A there / their / they’re issue
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TT2
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A to / too / two issue
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U/M
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Honor the use/mention distinction
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YY
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A your / you’re issue
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√
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Uh-huh: I like this!
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V
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Vagueness is an issue here
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W
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Poor word choice
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WF/PS
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Word form / part of speech error: The root of the word is correct, but the form isn’t (it’s the wrong tense or number, etc., or is a non-word – e.g., ‘conspiration’ instead of ‘conspiracy’), or the wrong part of speech (adjective, adverb, verb, etc. – e.g., ‘conspire’ instead of ‘conspiracy’).
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X
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Wrong!
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?
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Huh?
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#
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Add or remove a space
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→
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Indent
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¶
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New paragraph
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Items in grey rows fall on the formal/mechanics side of the spectrum of evaluation.
