Types of Error
(& Correction
Symbols) |
Examples
and Related Web Pages
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X
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Obvious mistake |
Cap |
Faulty capitalization:
explanation
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/Capitals.html
(from The UVic
Writer's Guide)
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Div |
Faulty word division
. . . natio-
nal . . . .
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(contr)
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Do not use contractions in formal writing. |
Sp |
wrong spelling; check dictionary
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/MarkSp.html
(from The UVic
Writer's Guide)
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lc |
Use lowercase |
Ab |
Faulty abbreviation
WTO for WHO (World Health Organization)
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Article
(a/an) |
-- a air condition / have a illusion
/ a 8-year-old little girl / it traces back
to 16th century / |
Prepositions |
To,
On (to), In (to);
At,
In, On
oprep
of Time,
of Place, and to Introduce Objects
Spatial
Relationships of Prepositions (with !)
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Noun:
Sing/Pl |
--
Many tall building
--
many year ago
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f/WF |
wrong word form
--
They set out in the extremely bad weather and kept talked
with the guy through radio.
--
We also have to ask ourselves if we often ignore things happen
in our home.
--
I believe there are some inner elements that are more important
than those outward achievements, just like self-satisfaction,
and being freed from guilty. (also //)
-- There is not absolutely right or wrong
about the issue.
-- ¡Kas long as people feel a sense of secure
and belongedbeing in that certain
place.
-- Her pray took her granddaughter back
to her.
-- It can be a truly triend.
-- The sky was liked a beautiful painting.
-- Parents are the keys to influence a child
in a family.
-- You will eager to love.
-- They tried hard
to squeezed themselves into the small
space.
--Shi Men Ding's unique
can be seen by the juxtaposition of the new and the old.
--
I was lack of courage.
--
Everything seemed to against me.
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V
|
Wrong verb form
-- Many things were happened.
-- They feel relaxing during the whole
journey.
-- I was awaken
by the fresh sea breeze.
-- It made me feeling
uncomfortable and very embarrass.
-- It didn't
annoyed to me.
-- Many pictures were
took here.
-- The China Mall
was tore down.
-- It is mostly seen either on a piece of a flag or a board decorated
and hang on the front door of a household.
--I will get succeed at the end.
--They tried hard
to squeezed themselves into the small space.
-- I was awaken
by the fresh sea breeze.
-- It didn't annoyed
to me.
-- Many pictures were
took here.
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U--W/
Dict. #3
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wrong word usage--see dictionary;check your dictionary-definition
# 3
--
-- They are lack of courage.
-- -- There have many old style restaurants
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/MarkWW.html
(from The
UVic Writer's Guide)
http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk3.html(from
Elements of Style)
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/conford.html(from
Writer's
Web)
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/grammar/homophon.htm(from
UIUC's Grammar
Handbook)
http://vweb1.hiway.co.uk/ei/sect20.html
http://vweb1.hiway.co.uk/ei/sect22.html
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U
-- V
Others -- See;
Make
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-- You might see many people waited
in line for the painter-artists to do the sketches for them.
-- I saw the Kuan Yin Mountain stood
there and looked upon the Tamsui Town steadily and tenderly. (Who
looked upon Tamsui Town?)
-- -- It made me feeling uncomfortable and very embarrass.
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Adv. |
Improper
use of adverb
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/grammar/adverbdef.htm(from
UIUC's Grammar
Handbook)
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Adj.
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Improper use of adjective
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/grammar/adjectivedef.htm(from
UIUC's Grammar
Handbook)
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D
or ww |
WC: wrong word;Faulty diction
-- Tall building are built along two sides of the harbor.
stretch
-- It spent me one to two hours to
get there. took
-- Entering the most important part of Kinmen, ¡K the
downtown Kinmen
-- Piles of worn-out tires were placed in the corner.
dumped
-- They give their anger in her, blaming her for no reason. vent
their anger on
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wc |
poor word choice
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/diction.html(from
HyperGrammar)
http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/help/grammar_help/wordchoice.html
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case/
Pro (Ca) |
pronoun case |
Ref |
confusing pronoun reference
-- It is depressing because it never happens in my home.
("It" here refers to the indifference of the writer's roommate.)
-- Thge paper proposed to link cancer and secondary smoke. This
was established.
The paper proposed to
link cancer and secondary smoke. This connection was established.
The paper proposed to
link cancer and secondhand smoke, whose connection was established
in . . . .
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/pronoun.html
(from Writer's
Web)
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s/p |
shift in person
As soon as a man goes steady with a woman,
you start to see that she has many faults.
As soon as a man goes steady with a woman, he starts to see that she
has many faults.
In fact, I really loved the feeling when I sang. Everyone
liked to be the focus of a crowd and hoped to be the center of attention.
It showed that we were different from others and even were
better than others. At that time, I thought that being a singer
might be a great job for me.
In fact, I really loved the feeling that when I sang, I
became the focus of a crowd, the center of full attention. It made
me sense how different I was from others, or I should say, how much
better than others. At that moment, I even began to imagine that being
a singer might be a great job for me.
Explanation
& More Examples
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num |
form of numbers
http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk2.html(from
Elements of Style)
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/numbers.html(from
Writer's
Web)
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Bibl
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Faulty bibliography form "Pride and Prejudice"
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Fig |
Inappropriate use of figurative language.
Her hair is as dark as muffin.
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