SYMBOLS USED IN CORRECTING HINDI ASSIGNMENTS (Nov 2009)

 

  #, N                       Number error (e.g., singular for plural)

A+/A-                    Aspirated/Non-aspirated consonant

Agr                        Incorrect agreement (e.g., noun-verb, adjective-noun)

Ap                        Reflexive form अपना should be used
Asp                      Error in verbal aspect (e.g., progressive for habitual)
ASU                     “All screwed up” (i.e., several errors of diverse kinds)
AT                        Adverb of Time, oblique

Aux                       Missing/Incorrect Auxilliary Verb

AWQ                    Awkward phrasing
C                           Causal verb required
CC                        Failure to write consonant cluster where required
Correl                   Correlative pronoun required

CV                         Compound verb required
D                           Incorrectly formed Devanāgarī character or characters
Def                        Default

DC                        Direct (not oblique) case should be used
Dir                         Sentence should use direct (not indirect) syntax
DO                        Direct Object

D-VOM                Destination of Verb of Motion

E                            Incorrect or poor English
Fut                        Future

G                           Gender error (e.g., masculine for feminine)
H                           Honorific usage required
H                           होता है vs..simple है error

Hab                       Habitual Aspect

Hi                          In Hindi

HW (or W)            Poor handwriting
I                             Intransitive verb required

Indir                      Sentence should use indirect (not direct) syntax
Inf                         Infinitive

IO                          Indirect Object

IP                          Inconsistent pronoun usage

 IYOW                   Describe in your own words (instead of quoting source text)

K                           Needs को
Lit                         Too literal!
LL                         Looks like

M                          Incorrectly written vowel mātrā
Mg                        Incorrect meaning conveyed

 N, #                       Number error (e.g., singular for plural)

 NN                        Word or phrase is not necessary

 NSW                     No such word exists

ने                            Failure to use ने construction where required

NoAp                   Reflexive form अपना should not have been used
NoCC                   Conjunct consonant cluster used where inappropriate
NoCV                   Compound verb used where non-compound is required
NoK                     को usage inappropriate
No ने                     ने construction used where inappropriate
NP, NonProx        Non-proximate pronoun required (वह/वे, उस/उन)

NSF                      No such grammatical form exists
OC                        Oblique (not direct) case form should be used
OIP                       Oblique Infinitive of Purpose

P                           Incorrect punctuation or punctuation lacking
Pass                      Passive form required

Pc                         Error with regard to grammatical person (i.e., 1^st person for 3^rd )

PL/PM                 Pronoun lacking/missing
Plcmnt                  Incorrect placement of word
PP                         Wrong postposition
Ppl                        Participle

PPL                      Postposition lacking
Pf, Perf                 Perfective form required

Poss                      Possessive pronoun required

Pr                          Presumptive form required
Prog                      Progressive Aspect

Prop[N]                Proper Noun

Prox                      Proximate pronoun required (यह/ये, इस/इन)

Reg                       Vocabulary item used from wrong register of language
Rel                        Relative pronoun required

RO                        Run-on sentence
S                           Spelling error
SF                         Sentence fragment
Sl                          Unacceptable slant in handwriting
Sp                         Spelling error
Sq                         Hindi handwriting is unacceptably squashed (i.e., compressed) vertically
Su                         Subjunctive form required

Sw                        Switch order, swap
T                           Error in tense (i.e., present for past)
Tr                         Transitive verb required

V                           Voice error (e.g., active for passive)
V+/V-                   Voiced/Unvoiced consonant

VL/VM                 Verb lacking/missing
Voc                       Vocative Case

W (or HW)           Poor handwriting

WF                       Wrong form (i.e., incorrect ending)

 WM                      Word missing

 WO                       Word order error

 WP                        Wrong pronoun

 WV                        Wrong Verb

 WW                       Wrong word (i.e., incorrect lexical selection)

 +                            Good Hindi

 ++                         Excellent Hindi

!                             Bad error. You should have known this

!!                           Very bad error. Shame on you!!

?                            Can’t figure out what you’re trying to say

 ̮̑                             Close up horizontally