Writing Prose Plus

Writing Prose Plus is a hypertextualized version of Writing Prose, a handbook distributed to all students entering Yale College. Selecting a link in the table below will take you to a discussion of the problem designated by the symbol. Not all the symbols are linked.

ab	abbreviation mistake	adj	make adverb into adjective	adv	make adjective into adverb	agr	error in agreement
amb	ambiguous diction	awk	awkward expression	bib	bibliography form error	cap	should be capitalized
case	error in case	cs	comma splice	d	diction	det	give more detail
dh	dummy head	dict	consult a dictionary	dm	dangling modifier	doc	documentation needed
emph	emphasis misplaced	exact	use more exact term	fn	footnoting error	fig	inappropriate figure
frag	sentence fragment	fs	fused (run-on) sentence	gram	obvious grammatical error	hyph	mistake in hyphenation
id	unidiomatic expression	inc	incomplete comparison	lc	should be lower case	log	error in logic
mix	mixed construction	mm	misplaced modifier	ms	improper manuscript form	num	wrong form of number
om	word(s) omitted	p	obvious punctuation error	pass	ineffective use of passive	pl	plural needed
ref	ambiguous or remote reference	rep	unnecessary repetition	shift	confusing shift	si	split infinitive
sing	singular needed	sp	spelling error	sub	faulty subordination	t	wrong verb tense
trans	poor transition	ts	topic sentence lacking	var	lack of sentence variety	vb	wrong verb form
w	wordiness	wv	weak verb	ww	wrong word	X	obvious error in fact
?	meaning unclear	¶	paragraph needed	no ¶	no paragraph needed	¶ coh	paragraph coherence
¶ dev	paragraph development	//	error in parallelism	#	space needed		close up space
	delete		transpose

Writing Prose was prepared by past and present members of Yale's Committee on Expository Writing, including Stephen A. Barney, William Cronon, Jefferson E. Hunter, Daniel Koditschek, David Mayhew, Stuart Moulthrop, Barbara L. Packer, Linda Peterson, Jules Prown, Jon Reider, and Thomas Whitaker. Writing Prose Plus was created by William Jewett and Clifford Wulfman.

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