Edit Symbols
Symbol
art
awk
Meaning
article
(a/an/the) is
missing or
misused
Grass Roots
Chapter 20
awkward structures are usually the result of translating from one’s first language into English. Translation errors
may be incorrect word choice and or ungrammatical structures, which make it difficult for the reader to grasp
your intended meaning. To eliminate an awkward structure, think in English about what you want to say, and
then rewrite the idea.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/index.php?category_id=2&sub_category_id=1&article_id=42
ungrammatical
structure
capitalization
error
cp
Websites
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/540/01/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1456_gramchallenge24/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode17/languagepoint.shtml
Chapter 27
http://www.towson.edu/ows/capitalization_rules.htm
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=226
s-vagr
p-agr
subject-verb agr
error
Pronounantecedent
agreement error
Chapter 7
Chapter 9
Chapter 21,
pages 251-259
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/5/13
http://www.towson.edu/ows/moduleSVAGR.htm
http://wwwnew.towson.edu/ows/exercisesub-verb.htm
See “Subject-Verb Agreement” Presentation: http://chompchomp.com/presentations.htm
See Subject-Verb Agreement Exercieses: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm
http://wwwnew.towson.edu/ows/pro_antagree.htm
See “Pronoun Agreement Presentation: http://chompchomp.com/presentations.htm
See “Pronoun agreement Exercises”: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm
cs
Comma splice
Chapters 14,
15, and 16
See “Fragments, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences” Presentation:
http://chompchomp.com/presentations.htm
See “Comma Splices and Fused Sentences” Exercises: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm
http://www.towson.edu/ows/sentencestruct.htm
frag
Sentence
fragment
Chapter 8
See “Fragments, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences” Presentation:
http://chompchomp.com/presentations.htm
See “Fragments” Exercises: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm
See “Rules for Fixing Fragments”:
http://chompchomp.com/rules.htm
See Fragment Tips”: http://chompchomp.com/rules.htm
http://www.towson.edu/ows/sentencestruct.htm

mm
Indent
See “Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers” Presentation: http://chompchomp.com/presentations.htm
Misplaced
modifier
Chapter 11,
pages 154-157
Chapter 19
See “Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers” Exercises: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm
See “Rules for Fixing Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers”: http://chompchomp.com/rules.htm
See “Punctuation” Presentation: http://chompchomp.com/presentations.htm
P
Punctuation
error
Chapter 28,
Commas
Chapter 29,
Apostrophes
Chapter 30,
Quotation
Marks
See “Comma” Exercises: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm
See Apostrophe” Exercises: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm
See “Comma Tips”: http://chompchomp.com/rules.htm
http://www.towson.edu/ows/punctuationindex.htm
Chapter 17,
Semicolons
and
Conjunctive
Adverbs
.
//
Parallel
Structure Error
See “Parallel Structure” Presentation: http://chompchomp.com/presentations.htm
Chapter 25
See “Parallel Structure” Exercises: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm
See “Rules for Maintaining Parallel Structure”: http://chompchomp.com/rules.htm
Pro
See “Pronoun Case” Presentation: http://chompchomp.com/presentations.htm
Wrong case
form of
pronoun
Chapter 21, pp.
260-269
Chapter 18,
Relative
Pronouns
Unclear
pronoun
reference
Chapter 25
Unnecessary
shift in person
Chapter 25
See “Pronoun Shift” Presentation: http://chompchomp.com/presentations.htm
Coherence
signal needed
Chapters 14 and
15
http://www.towson.edu/ows/sentences.htm#connectors
See “Pronoun Case” Exercises: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm
See “Pronoun Reference” Presentation: http://chompchomp.com/presentations.htm
Proref
Proshift
Trans
/RO
Run-on
sentence (also
known as
“Fused
Sentence”
See “Pronoun Reference” Exercises: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm
Chapters 14,
15, and 16
See “Fragments, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences” Presentation:
http://chompchomp.com/presentations.htm
See “Comma Splices and Fused Sentences” Exercises: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm
http://www.towson.edu/ows/sentencestruct.htm
sp
Spelling error
Chapter 32
See “Spelling” Presentation: http://chompchomp.com/presentations.htm
Spelling
vt
Wrong verb
tense
Chapters 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 24
See “Tense Shift” Presentation: http://chompchomp.com/presentations.htm
http://www.towson.edu/ows/activepass.htm
http://www.towson.edu/ows/verbs.htm
vf
See “Verb Forms” Presentation: http://chompchomp.com/presentations.htm
Verb form error
Chapters 9, 10,
11, 12, 13,
See “Irregular Verb” Exercises: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm
http://www.towson.edu/ows/activepass.htm
http://www.towson.edu/ows/verbs.htm
wf
ww
wo
Word form
error
Chapter 11,
The Past
Participle
Chapter 12,
The Present
participle
Chapter 22,
Adjectives vs.
Adverbs
Wrong word
Chapter 33,
Words that
Sound Alike
See “Word Choice” Presentation: http://chompchomp.com/presentations.htm
See “Word Choice” Exercises: http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm
English word order in general:
http://linguapress.com/grammar/word-order.htm
word order
error
The order of adjectives in English:
http://linguapress.com/grammar/adjective-order.htm
Question word order in English:
http://linguapress.com/grammar/question-structure.htm
http://www.towson.edu/ows/SentPatt.htm
?
#
^
Unclear
meaning
Leave a space
between items
Insert missing
element(s)
€
Begin a new
paragraph