Hacker
Codes*
Crosswalk between EBB.3 & Writer's Reference.7
Hacker
Codes*
Pge
English Beyond the Basics 3rd Ed.
N-11. Amount vs. number
Subject-Verb Agreement
93
W1 entry
239
Pronouns
SV-1. Basic agreement errors when the subject is next to the verb
1
SV-2. Intervening words between the subject and verb
SV-3. Collective nouns and special noun plurals
SV-4. Compound subjects and false compound subjects
Hacker
Codes*
Pge
Hacker
Codes*
Pge
272
P7a
292
Pge
7. Tener: misusing “have” expressions
183
Sp-7. The “double letter” problem in spelling short words
8. Tomar: misusing “drink” and “take”
184
Sp-8. Word endings: "y" to "I" & "-s" or "-es"
274
P7a
292
9. Usar ropa: misusing “use” with clothes
10. Ver: misusing some “see” expressions
184
Sp-9. Confusing "ei" and "ie" in some words
275
P7a
292
G1a
175 Pn-1. Pronoun agreement errors with singular and plural shifts
95
3
G1b
11. Ver(se)/sentir(se): “see,” “look,” “feel”
185
G1f & G1j
175 Pn-2. Indefinite pronouns in negative contexts
179 Pn-3. Confusing “every one” / “everyone” & “any one” / “anyone”
98
6
100
12. V ivir/experimentar: “live” and “experiment”
186
Mechanics and Pronunciation
Mp-1. Commas
277
8
G1b, c,& d
175 Pn-4. The “it” and other pronoun redundancies
102 M3c & M3d
Mp-1a. With coordinating conjunctions in compound sentences
277
P1a
259
104
247 D-2. Misusing “do” and “make” (hacer)
D-3. Misusing “know,” “learn,” and “meet” (conocer/saber)
186
182 Pn-5. Misusing “which” to refer to people
188
Mp-1b. No comma after “but” (etc.) to indicate a pause
278
180 Pn-6. Vague pronoun references
105
S4a
190
Mp-1c. After introductory expressions
278
P1b
260
Pn-7. Pronoun case: subjects vs. objects
107
G3c
123 D-4. Misusing pass and waste (pasar/gastar)
201 D-5. Misusing stay and keep (quedar[se])
191
Mp-1d. With appositives
279
P1e
262
G1h
181 Pn-8. Pronoun case: Who(ever) vs. whom(ever)
110
G3d
205 D-6. Verbs: false cognates
279
280
280
271
197
Mp-1e. With nouns of address
Mp-1f. No comma to separate subject and verb
Mp-1g. Comma omissions in parenthetical expressions
P2e
G3c
D-7. Confusing “attend” and “assist” (atender/asistir)
201 D-8. Confusing “count” and related (contar)
194
196
P1f
265
G3a
197
184
SV-5. With “people,” “police,” or “news”*(and related issues)
11
G1j news
SV-6. “There is / are” types of sentences
12
G1g
SV-7. Misusing “there exist(s)”
14
SV-8. With linking verbs
14
SV-9. With relative pronouns “which,” “that,” and “who”
16
G1i
181 Pn-9. Confusing “who(m)” and “who(m)ever”
113
SV-10. With indefinite pronouns, expressions such as “a lot of”
17
G1e
179 Pn-10. Failing to use possessive case to modify gerunds
114
SV-11. With noun clauses and gerund and infinitive phrases
20
G1k gernd
182 Pn-11. Failure to use intensive and reflexive pronouns correctly
116
D-9. Nouns: faulty direct translations
199
Mp-1h. Restrictive and nonrestrictive expressions
280
P2b
271
119
D-10. Nouns: false cognates
201
Mp-1i. Commas (and periods) inside quotation marks
281
P5e
283
D-11. Adjectives and adverbs: false cognates
D-12. Question words: what, how, where, why, when
204
206
Mp-1j. With a series (but not with word pairs) and coordinate adjs
282
282
P1c & P1d
P5e
261
283
D-13. Agreeing and disagreeing / references to God
209
283
P1g
267
283
P2
269
Pn-12. Failing to use reciprocal pronouns correctly
General Verb Issues
Adjectives & Adverbs
V-1. Problems related to regular and irregular verb use
21
G2a
183
V-2. Missing the “-ed” ending on verb forms
26
G2d
188 A-1. Pluralizing / placing adjectives following Spanish models
V-3. Using the wrong verb form after “did”
28
V-4. Using the wrong verb form after “does”
29
V-5. Omitting helping verbs from verb phrases
30
V-6. Misusing other parts of speech for verbs
31
A-5. “Each” and “every” vs. “all”
126
V-7. Issues related to progressive verb phrases
33
127
V-8. Confusions involving “-ing” and “-en” verb endings
35
A-6. Nouns wrongly used as adjectives, etc.
A-7. Misusing adverbs for adjectives; misusing some “-ly” words
V-9. Constructing negative verb phrases
36
M1d
V-10. General errors with modal verbs
V-11. “Should of,” “could of,” and similar misuses
38
M1c & M1e
41
W1 entry
V-12. Misusing “would” for a past single action
42
A-11. Double negatives
135
V-13. Misusing “will” in conditional or speculative contexts
43
A-12. Positive / negative issues with “too,” “either,” and “forever”
137
WO-4. Indirect vs. direct questions
225
V-14. Errors with “could” to indicate accomplishment
44
A-13. Mistranslating Spanish transitional and time expressions
138
WO-5."As... as...,” “so… that…” etc
227
V-15. Mixing tenses needlessly
V-16. Present perfect problems
46
V-17. Past perfect problems
49
G2f
V-18. Transitive / intransitive confusions
51
G2b lie/lay
V-19. Subjunctive mood
56
V-20. Overuse of the passive voice
60
G2e
S4b
120
A-2. Confusing “-ed” and “-ing” endings on modifiers
121
A-3. Often confused pairs: “other” / “another,” “this”/ “these,” etc.
123
190 A-4. Misusing “less” and “much” for “fewer” and “many”
125
M4a
250 D-14. Level of diction too low
160 Mp-1m. Unnecessary or erroneous commas
213
W4d
162
215
W4e
162
D-17. Wrong word
217
W5a & W5c
D-18. No such word (logical nonword)
218
139 D-16. Avoiding sexist language
Mp-2. Full-stop punctuation marks
284
165 Mp-2a. The period and the use of abbreviations
129
132
WO-1. Not stating subject in a sentence or clause
134
WO-2. Failing to state subject, “there,” or “it”
140
G4a & b
G4d
G4c
208
212 WO-3. Proper formation of direct questions
210 WO-6. Misplacing adverbs between verbs and objects
47
Prepositions
220
221
WO-7. Incorrectly using indirect object with some verbs
231
WO-8. Placement of object complements
232
WO-9. Inversions with certain negative adverbs
233
P6a & P9e
286
284
Mp-2c. The colon
285
P3a & P3b
P3d, e, & f
274
276
Mp-2d. The question mark
286
P5a
281
246 Mp-2e. The exclamation point
287
P6a
286
Mp-3. Apostrophes
287
S4d
125 Mp-3a. In contractions
Mp-3b. Failing to disting. between s , ’s and s’ with nouns
287
P4b
279
287
P4a
278
249 Mp-3c. With numbers and letters and misuse with simple plurals
289
P4d
280
S4d
125
223
229
284
Mp-2b. The semicolon
M3b
Word Order
131
230 A-9. Compound adjectives to indicate age, time, or dimension
139 A-10. Errors in expressions of comparison/contrast
190
Mp-1l. Dates, addresses, and professional titles
W4c
230 A-8. Misusing adjectives for adverbs
124 A-14. Comparatives and superlatives
128 Mp-1k. With “he said,” “she said,” etc.
211
D-15. Level of diction too high
W1 entry
S5c & W1
M3f
Mp-3d. Misuse in third-person singular verbs
289
Mp-4. Other punctuation marks
290
Mp-4a. Failure to use quotation marks properly
290
Mp-4b. Failure to close quotations
290
Mp-4c. Misplacing quotation marks
290
143
G2g
186 Pe-1. Translating de for origin, possession, or association
195 Pe-2. Misusing “of” for de not related to poss., origin, or assocn.
W3
156 Pe-3. Singular/plural issues with “types of,” “kinds of” etc.
149
Sentence Structure
312 Pe-4. Mistranslating por or para (errors in the use of "for")
Pe-5. Errors with “in” and “on”
150
S-1. Sentence boundaries in sentence structure
155
M5a
252 S-2. The fused sentence (also: run-on sentence)
235
238
G6
218 Mp-4d. Hyphens
291
P7d
294
194 Pe-6. Street, electronic, and telephone locations: “at” or “on”
159
M5a
252 S-3. The comma splice
240
G6
218 Mp-4e. Dashes and parentheses & brackets and braces
291
P6b
288
B1c
147
M5d w vb
255
V-21. Problems with two-word verbs (also called phrasal verbs)
62
V-22. Misuse of gerunds and infinitives in general
65
V-23. Improper infinitive formation
67
V-24. Infinitives without “to” after “make,” “have,” “let,” “help” etc.
70
Pe-7. Going “to,” arriving “at” or “in,” being “at” or “in,” etc.
160
S-4. The fragment – incomplete sentence
243
G5
212
V-25. Confusions involving “to be used to” and “used to”
72
Pe-8. Confusing “to” and “at” in exchanges
162
S-5. Mixed constructions and illogical statements
244
S5a
126
V-26. Verbs followed by infinitives, but not gerunds
74
M1f
235 Pe-9. “Since” and “until”
164
S-6. Mismatching verb action with subjects or objects
248
S5a
126 Mp-5a. Capitalizing proper nouns and titles
294
P8a, b, & c
296
V-27. Verbs followed by gerunds, but not infinitives
75
M1f
235 Pe-10. “Like,” “like if," and "as if"
166
W1 entry
139 S-7. Misuse of "reason" expressions
249
W1 entry
139 Mp-5b. Numbers
295
P9f & P9g
302
V-28. Verbs that cannot be followed by “that” clauses
77
Pe-11. "Between” / “among” & “beside” / “besides”
168
W1 entries
139 S-8. Misplaced & dangling modifiers
251
S3b
118 Mp-5c. Formatting titles
295
P5c & P10a
283
Pe-12. Missing prepositions
Pe-13. Unneeded prepositions
170
S-9. False series
S-10. Failure to make lists and pairs parallel
252
253
297
P10
305
S1a & S1b
111
S-11. Wordiness
255
W3
153
S-12. Problems with sentence variety
257
S7
137
G2f perf inf
Nouns & Articles
N-1. Pluralizing noncount nouns
78
M2a
237 Pe-14. Miscellaneous preposition errors
N-2. Misusing “the” with count nouns and noncount nouns
81
M2e
244
N-3. Incorrectly imitating Spanish plurals: “vacations,” “conditions,” etc.
82
Diction
N-4. Misapplying Spanish rules for “the” for days of the week
84
N-5. Misusing “the” with cardinal-numbered items
86
D-1. Verbs: faulty direct translations
1. Decir: misusing “say,” “tell,” and “quote”
N-6. Misusing other parts of speech for nouns
87
N-7. Misusing “an” with consonants and “a” with vowels
88
M2a & M2b
N-8. Misusing “a” / “an” with noncount nouns
89
M2d
N-9. Misusing “a” / “an” with plural nouns
91
N-10. Omitting “a” or “an” / “the” wherever they are needed
92
M2b & M2c
172
173
Mp-5. Miscellaneous mechanics
Mp-5d. Italicizing foreign terms in English writing
177
Spelling
179
Sp-1. Sp. errors based on phonetics & social media
259
2. Ganar: misusing “win” (“beat”)
181
Sp-2. Using Spanish spelling for English words
261
237
3. Hacer (eventos): misusing “make” (events)
181
Sp-3. Homonyms
263
P7b
243
4. Oir: misusing “hear”
182
Sp-4. False homonyms & confused letters ("f to v" & "sis to ses")
266
P7a
182
Sp-5. Forms w/ “-st,” & “-sk” endings
268
240
5. Poner(se): misusing “put,” “expressions
6. Recordar: misusing “remember”
183
Sp-6. One-word vs. two-word compounds
270
294
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P7c
293
294
*Diana Hacker & Nancy Sommers. A Writer's Preference
with Writing About Literature . 7th Edition