Paragraph Corrections Symbol Guide
Symbol Meaning
-word The – in front of a word means
-Word that the capitalization is wrong.
The word must either be placed
in lower case or in upper case.
word The bold word means the word
used is the wrong word or you
must remove the word.
word If you see an italicized and bold
word, this means that there is a
grammatical problem with the
word and it must be fixed.
/word A / means that you should begin
a new sentence.
word* An asterisk on the word* means
that the word is misspelled.
Example/Correction
Second, -People should try and
avoid traffic by using bicycles.
Second, people should try and
avoid traffic by using bicycles.
The first, people should save
gasoline and the environment
by walking more.
First, people should save
gasoline and the environment
by walking more.
On the other hand, we can also
generate campaigns to improve
these problem.
On the other hand, we can also
generate campaigns to improve
these problems.
We think the city have a part in
the contamination.
We think the city has a part in
the contamination.
It’s a serious work that we need
to know and to study, /we need
to know the important
attention given to this subject.
It’s a serious work that we need
to know and to study. We need
to know the important
attention given to this subject.
Profesional* such as doctors
can help the city by raising
awareness of the physical
damage that pollution causes.
Professionals such as doctors
can help the city by raising
awareness of the physical
damage that pollution causes.
 (missing) The sign (missing) or the For example, the environmental
Word _______ word symbols ______ in your essay (missing) can design a device to
means that you need to add a remove the contamination in
word to correct the sentence. the water.

For example, the environmental

engineers can design a device to
remove the contamination in
the water.