WRITING ERROR CORRECTION CODE

SYMBOL ERROR EXPLANATION EXAMPLE CORRECT SENTENCE

WO Word Order The words are in the wrong order. I like very much music. I like music very much.

You’re gooder than me at maths. You’re better than me at maths.

Gr Grammar Language rules are not followed.
She talked to he in the pub. She talked to him in the pub

The student work hard. The student works hard.

Subject-Verb
S-V Subjects and verbs don’t agree.
Agreement
There is five employees. There are five employees.

You used the wrong verb tense. Do

T Verb Tense Last week, I’ve been to Madrid. Last week, I went to Madrid.
your time phrases agree?
She is born at home.
Either you should be using passive She was born at home.
Pass Passive voice here, or the passive form you
Those shoes aren’t suited by this
used has an error. Those shoes don’t suit this dress.
dress.
Necessary word is left out, and it After she kissed him, took a shower After she kissed him, she took a
MW Missing Word
makes the sentence unclear. and left for work shower and left for work

The word doesn’t make sense here.

WW Wrong Word It is a difficult kind of animal. It is a different kind of animal.
Choose a different word.
Extra Word
EW There is an unnecessary word. We live in the another city. We live in another city.
(Not necessary)
The base form of the word is
correct, but you need to change it
WF Word Formation He is an ambition person. He is an ambitious person.
to the verb, noun, adjective, or
adverb form of the word.

You’ve spelled the word

S Spelling It is a chaep restaurant. It is a cheap restaurant
incorrectly.
Add punctuation, or you have used
I bought a car, because I do not want I bought a car because I want to
P Punctuation incorrect or unnecessary
to walk to work. walk to work
punctuation.
You have separated two sentences I am not angry with you, I am not I am not angry with you, but I am
C/S Comma Splice
with a comma. happy with you, either. not happy with you, either.
The toy was under the bed.
Your sentence might be missing a Under the bed.
Fr Fragment subject or a verb—or the sentence
They left the house after they had
is not a complete idea. After they had finished dinner.
finished dinner.
We need some information.
Countable- We need some informations.
You need to change the noun to
N Uncountable
either a singular or plural form. Students have too much
(Number) Students have too many homeworks.
homework.
You are missing a, an, or the — or She is English teacher at İstanbul She is an English teacher at
you are using the article Medipol University. İstanbul Medipol University.
A Article
incorrectly or you have used an
unnecessary article. The dogs are friendly animals. Dogs are friendly animals.
You need a transition word or
Julie had a cold. Her family Julie had a cold, so her family
Tr Transition phrase here to help guide the
cancelled the trip. cancelled the trip.
reader.
You haven’t capitalized proper
nouns, and/or first words of the
C Capitalization london London
sentences or capitalized a word
unnecessarily.
The sentence lacks a preposition or
Pr Preposition Do not laugh to me. Do not laugh at me.
has an incorrect preposition.
You must avoid using contractions
F/Inf Formal-Informal The students are gonna learn how to The students are going to learn
and an improper tone in your text.
write an essay. how to write an essay.
Computer games that seem
Not clear - I can’t understand what you are It seems innocent which computer innocent can affect children
M/?
incomprehensible trying to say here. Please revise. games can affect negative children. negatively.