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Writing Tips - Glossary

Here is a list of standard abbreviations that our faculty will use on your drafts to help you with your writing.

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Abbreviation
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Adjective/Adverb
gl_agr.gif (967 bytes)

Agreement
gl_arch.gif (977 bytes)

Archaic diction
gl_awk.gif (980 bytes)

Awkward sentence
gl_byt.gif (988 bytes)

Byto
gl_case.gif (905 bytes)

(Grammatical) Case
gl_cap.gif (965 bytes)

Capitalization
gl_cord.gif (931 bytes)

Coordination
gl_coh.gif (952 bytes)

Coherence
gl_comp.gif (998 bytes)

Comparison
gl_con.gif (959 bytes)

Connotation
gl_cons.gif (977 bytes)

Consistency
gl_cs.gif (931 bytes)

Comma splice
gl_d.gif (928 bytes)

Diction
gl_dg.gif (969 bytes)

Dangling modifier
gl_dial.gif (982 bytes)

Dialect
gl_exact.gif (995 bytes)

Exactness
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Font
gl_fig.gif (979 bytes)

Figurative language
gl_fl.gif (946 bytes)

Flowery language
gl_frag.gif (1000 bytes)

Fragmentary sentence
gl_fus.gif (968 bytes)

Fused sentence
gl_id.gif (951 bytes)

Idiom
gl_imp.gif (981 bytes)

Impropriety
gl_inc.gif (958 bytes)

Incomplete
gl_ital.gif (973 bytes)

Italics
gl_jar.gif (959 bytes)

Jargon
gl_mm.gif (960 bytes)

Mixed metaphor
gl_ms.gif (946 bytes)

Manuscript form
gl_num.gif (978 bytes)

Numbers
gl_para.gif (985 bytes)

Paragraph
gl_paral.gif (946 bytes)

Parallelism
gl_pct.gif (961 bytes)

Punctuation
gl_qt.gif (947 bytes)

Quotation
gl_ref.gif (962 bytes)

Reference
gl_rep.gif (962 bytes)

Repetitive
gl_sp.gif (942 bytes)

Spelling
gl_tr.gif (932 bytes)

Trite
gl_ts.gif (929 bytes)

Transition
gl_vag.gif (973 bytes)

Vague
gl_vo.gif (936 bytes)

Voice
gl_w.gif (928 bytes)

Wordy
gl_xqt.gif (969 bytes)

Excessive quoting

 

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