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Grammar Error Symbols

VERB ERRORS: ERROR CORRECTION (Correct error.)


t
t – tense He arrive yesterday. He arrived yesterday
sva
sva – subject verb agreement Mary always walk home. Mary always walks home.

vf – verb form vf(mod)


vf (mod)-modal Yesterday, she could walked. Yesterday, she could walk
vf (inf)
vf(inf)-infinitive He decided to came home. He decided to come home.
vf(ing)
vf(ing)—ing form They were eat their meal. They were eating their meal.
vf (pass)
vf(pass)—passive The vaccine discovered last year. The vaccine was discovered
. last year.
vf(cond)
vf(cond) ---conditional If I would study hard, If I studied hard, I would get
I would get good grades. Good grades.

SENTENCE AND RELATED ERROR CORRECTION (Correct error.)


fr
fr – fragment Because it is raining. Because is raining, he stayed.
ro
ro – run-on sentence. They ate dinner they went to the movies. They ate dinner and
. went to the movies.

cs – comma splice They ate dinner, they went to They ate dinner, and then
the movies they want to the movies.
ps
ps – parallel structure They enjoy eating and to walk They enjoy eating and walking
every night. every night.

Q—Incorrect question formation Where he is going? Where is he going?

ss
ss – Sentence structure I know where is going. I know where he is going.
(missing subject or verb,
groups of words in wrong
place or sentence order does
not fit or make sense. ss
Because my friend told me, She does not want to go on the trip,
she does not want to go on the trip. because my friend told me.
WORD LEVEL ERRORS: ERROR CORRECTION (Correct error.)

wf – word form (wrong It’s not a safety neighborhood. It’s not a safe neighborhood.
part of speech
w
w - wrong word or expression I got a high note on my test. I got a high grade on my test.
(vocabulary or idiom error)
art
art—missing article, wrong article, They lived in small village. They lived in a small village.

or extra article art


The love is a powerful emotion. Love is a powerful emotion.
#
# - singular/plural error I see four girl. I see four girls.
#
The homeworks is difficult. The homework is difficult.
poss
poss= possession error It is Johns book. It is John’s book.

poss
Mary has lost theirs keys. Mary has lost her keys.

sp
sp – spelling She is a sichologist. She is a psychologist.
prep
prep – preposition He takes responsibility of that He takes responsibility for that
accident. accident.

pron—wrong pronoun Good friends are important Good friends are important
pron because we can tell them our problems.

because we can tell him our


problems.
X
X—extra word, delete The man he left early The man left early.

MECHANICS:
punc
punc – punctuation (question marks, He likes to ski; however he He likes to ski; however, he
semicolon, commas, hates the cold. hates the cold.
quotation marks) punc
Henry left already, she said. “Henry left already," she said.

cap cap
c – capitalization He speaks french and spanish. He speaks French and Spanish.
OTHER conn
conn---connection word error or He lives in Florida; therefore He lives in Florida; however,
problem with connection he hates humidity. he hates humidity.
between ideas

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