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Writing Error Correction Codes

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Writing Error-Correction Codes
SYMBOL
MEANING
EXAMPLE
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mw
something missing
N/A
?
sentence not clear
N/A
new paragraph / indent
N/A
delete
N/A
academic writing rules
avoid using ‘I/you/we’ and contractions -Ó doesn’t .... > does not þ )
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Ä
ACAD
adj
adjective
add or change adjective
adv
adverb
add or change adverb
art
article
change article or add article (‘a, an’ or ‘the’)
cap
capitalization
change: Ó there > There þ or Ó Because > because þ
FRAG
n
Sentence Fragment
missing subj or verb or object. : Ó He likes .... > He likes it. þ
noun
add or change noun
opro
object pronoun
add or change object pronoun, ex. ‘me’ ‘them’ ‘us’
poss
possessive
add ’s Ó my father car > my father’s car þ
ppro
possessive pronoun
add or change possessive pronoun, ex. ‘my’ ‘their’ ‘our’
prep
preposition
add or change preposition ‘at, on, in, for, over, into, along,’ etc...
P
punctuation
add or change punctuation
. , ; : “abc”
Ó It is a bad habit. This habit... > It is a bad habit that... þ
rpro
relative pronoun
s/pl
singular / plural
change Ó cat > cats þ | change Ó rabbits > rabbit þ
sp
spelling
Ó envirment > environment þ
subject pronoun
add or change subject pronoun, ex. ‘I’ ‘they’ ‘we’
subj / verb agreement
Ó She like music. > She likes music. þ
spro
sv
sw
signal word
add or change signal word (In addition, / because / and ...)
v
verb
add or change verb
vf
verb form
Ó Bake a pie is easy. > Baking a pie is easy. þ
vt
verb tense
Ó Yesterday, I eat a pie. > Yesterday, I ate a pie. þ
wf
word form
change to a noun, verb, adjective or adverb
wo
word order
Ó I houses can see. > I can see houses. þ
ww
wrong word
Ó The moon was lighting. > The moon was bright. þ
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