SYMBOLS USED IN CORRECTING HINDI ASSIGNMENTS (09-06)

 

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)
AWQ                   Awkward phrasing
C                           Causal verb required
CC                         Failure to write consonant cluster where required
CV                         Compound verb required
D                           Incorrectly formed Devanāgarī character or characters
DC                        Direct (not oblique) case should be used
Dir                         Sentence should use direct (not indirect) syntax
E                            Incorrect or poor English
HW                       Poor handwriting
G                           Gender error (e.g., masculine for feminine)
H                           Honorific usage required
H                           होता है vrs.simple है error

I                             Intransitive verb required

Indir                      Sentence should use indirect (not direct) syntax
IP                          Inconsistent pronoun usage
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
No ने                    ने construction used where inappropriate
NSF                      No such grammatical form exists
OC                        Oblique (not direct) case form should be used
P                           Incorrect punctuation or punctuation lacking
Pc                         Error with regard to grammatical person` (i.e., 1st person for 3rd )
PP                         Wrong postposition
PPL                      Postposition lacking
Pr                          Presumptive form required
Reg                      Vocabulary item used from wrong register of language
RO                        Run-on sentence
S                           Spelling error
SF                         Sentence fragment
Sl                          Unacceptable slant in handwriting
Sq                         Hindi handwriting is squashed (i.e., compressed) vertically
Su                         Subjunctive form required
T                           Error in tense (i.e., present for past)
Tr                         Transitive verb required

V                           Voice error (e.g., active for passive)
VL                        Verb lacking
WF                       Wrong form (i.e., incorrect ending)

WM                      Word missing

WO                       Word order error

WP                       Wrong pronoun

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