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Correction Symbols

Throughout the semester i`ll be using the following correction symbols to help you to improve your writing. The symbols tell you what type of mistake you have made so you can make the correction yourself.

AG
agreement
She are playing tennis - subject/verb agreement

much tennis players - count/uncount agreement

a excellent tennis player - article agreement

Robert and her wife play tennis - pronoun agreement

C
Capitalisation
Where can I play tennis in colombia?

DM
develop more
(You should give more details; expand your ideas.)


DT
direct translation
(In English, we don't say it this way.)


EW(S)
extra word (s)
The people like watching tennis.


MW(S)
missing word (s)
She is (a) tennis player.


NI
new idea
(Divide your sentence into multiple sentences.)

P
punctuation
He plays tennis,

PR
preposition
They play tennis in the beach

SP
spelling
I play tenis whit my friends.

VT
verb tense
Yesterday she play tennis


WF
word form
They play tennis good.

WW(S)
wrong word (s)
Do you remind the time we played tennis?


?
confusing
(Your reader doesn't understand; try to clarify.)

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