Key to Paper Comments

Symbols:
¶    – You should have started a new paragraph here. 
SP   – Designated word is misspelled. 
REF – You should have given a reference here.
#     – An extra space should have been inserted here. 

=     – The letter under which this symbol occurs should have been capitalized. 
/      – The letter through which this line is drawn should not have been capitalized. 
^      – The indicated material should be inserted here.
ww    – The indicated word is not used properly

Key to Numbered Comments:

#1. The main point of the paper is not stated crisply and with precision in your introduction. 

#2. You have not indicated clearly enough in your introduction just how you will go about accomplishing what you want to accomplish in the paper. 

#3. Don't make sweeping generalizations. 

#4. The indicated material is stated imprecisely and/or lazily. 

#5. The indicated claim requires further explanation. 

#6. The meaning of the indicated material is vague. 

#7. The indicated material is stated inelegantly. 

#8. The crossed out word or phrase is redundant and/or unnecessary. 

#9. The indicated word or expression is misused. 

#10. Don’t take positions contrary to those in the text without clearly indicating that you realize you

#11. Don't change tenses abruptly. 

#12. Your pronoun reference is not clear here. 

#13. Your verb does not match its subject in grammatical number. 

#14. The indicated phrase is a dangler, i.e., not appropriately connected to its intended referent. 

#15. You have not provided enough context to make the indicated quote fully intelligible. 

#16. Incorrect punctuation. 

#17. Avoid colloquialisms. 

#18. Find a more appropriate word or phrase.