SYMBOLS USED IN CORRECTING HINDI ASSIGNMENTS (Sep 2020)
# |
Number error (e.g., singular for plural) |
A+/A- |
Aspirated/Non-aspirated consonant |
Aggr |
Aggregative, e.g., दोनों |
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 Auxiliary Verb |
AWQ |
Awkward phrasing |
C |
Causal verb required |
CC |
Failure to write consonant cluster where required |
CF/CTF |
Contrary to Fact verb form 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 |
KoKo |
Keep-on-Keepin’-on Construction, -ते रहना / जाना |
Lit |
Too literal! |
LL
|
Looks like |
LoCoN |
Law of
Conservation of Nasalisation |
M |
Incorrectly written vowel mātrā |
Mg |
Incorrect meaning conveyed |
N, ने |
Failure to use ने construction where required |
NC |
Not a Complex sentence |
Neg |
Negation missing (न/नहीं/मत) |
NI |
Narrative Imperfective |
NN |
Word or phrase is not necessary |
NSW |
No such word exists |
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 |
NoN, 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 |
Ord |
Ordinal, i.e., 1st, 2nd, etc. |
P |
Incorrect punctuation or punctuation lacking |
Pass |
Passive form required |
Pc |
Error with regard to grammatical person (i.e., 1st person for 3rd ) |
Plcmnt |
Incorrect placement of word |
PL/PM |
Pronoun lacking/missing |
PP |
Wrong postposition |
Ppl |
Participle |
PPL |
Postposition lacking |
Pf, Perf |
Perfective form required |
Poss |
Possessive pronoun required |
Pr |
Presumptive form required |
Prog |
Progressive Aspect |
Pron |
Pronoun required |
Prop[N] |
Proper Noun |
Prox |
Proximate pronoun required (यह/ये, इस/इन) |
Q |
Question word / interrogative
marker required |
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 |