Symbol Typology of Description or example of the mistake

mistake

ADD Add something Something missing, like part of an infinitive: She is

listening him (listening to him), an article etc.
Subject- verb Subject and verbs should match in number and
Agreement/ person. Singular subjects require singular verbs;
A plural subjects require plural verbs/ Pronoun-
Pronoun- antecedent agreement, example:
antecedent Incorrect: If one is to succeed, you must work
agreement hard.
Correct: If one is to succeed, one must work hard.

In some cases, you should adjust the case in

brackets to make the quoted portion fit your line.
Adjust the case in For example:
brackets, from big The line from this original text starts with the
AC case to lower case word Average
or vice versa. Average world temperature is on the rise
When you insert the direct quote into your line:

Brown says that [a]verage world temperature is

on the rise You changed the [A] from big case to
lower case [a]. You show your reader that you
have altered the original for stylistic purposes.
APO Apostrophe Error in the use of the apostrophe (). You use the
apostrophe to signal noun possession, to indicate
omission of one or more letters as in the
contraction of do not dont.
CAP Capitalization Check capitalization, either small case or big case
error needed.
COH Coherence error There has to be a logical, smooth, and natural flow
from one idea to another. There has to be a given
order; transition words strengthen this flow.

DEL Delete something Something is not necessary. For example: I must

to go (I must go).
DQ Dropped Quote The quotation has been inserted roughly, the
quotation does not relate to the text you are
writing, or there is not a signal phrase or
expression connecting your text to the quote.
Use the ING form of the verb, if it is the object of a
preposition, for example the preposition about
GER Gerund mistake this book is about hiking.
A gerund is an ING form of the verb functioning as
a noun, for example:
Reading books is my favorite pastime

G Grammar mistake
I Indentation
IN- Problem in your
TEXT C in-text citation
J End of the line
justification error
PI Personal
information error
P Punctuation error
This indicates that your sentence contains a
grammatical error not included in this typology,
for example: incorrect construction of a verb tense
he visiting his father every Saturday instead of
is visiting, I would had gone instead of I
would have gone
You need to indent the first line of every
paragraph. Press the tab key once (five spaces).
It could be: Include parenthetical information (in-
text P).
Missing or wrong parenthetical information, for
example, you are giving the page based on your
web browsers print preview function. Doing that
is incorrect because that is not the real page, that
is the page in your browser. If you are referring to
the paragraph, you have to use the abbreviated
form par. or pars. If they are more than one.
Dont justify the end of the line. Leave the ending
jagged.
It should be placed on the top left hand side of the
page, it should list these elements: name of the
author, name of the professor, name of the course,
and date of submission in this order. Keeping
double space
For example: Wrong punctuation mark Do you
live in Quito, instead of do you live in Quito? or a
misplaced period or comma, for example
Incorrect: average world temperature is on the
rise. (Brown 24)
Correct: average world temperature is on the
rise (Brown 24).
Or incorrect use of a comma in a parenthetical
reference (Brown, 24).
Correct: (Brown 24) no need for a comma to
separate the surname of the author from the page
number.
Periods or commas go inside quotation marks
(Am. English):
Incorrect: footprint dramatically".
Correct: footprint dramatically."
 Incorrect: make a difference", Holmes
Correct: make a difference," Holmes

PRE Preposition error It needs one or a different preposition.

QT Quotation marks Titles of articles are enclosed in quotation marks.

R-O S Run-on sentence There are serious punctuation issues in the

sentence. It is a run-on sentence. Chop it off in
smaller chunks.

RW Rewrite the whole This expression or construction is syntactically

sentence of phrase obscure or hard to read. Consider rewriting.

SPE Spelling Self-explanatory

S-P singular / plural mistake. You used a word in
S-P Singular- Plural singular form when it should have been plural.
mistake You have used a plural instead of a singular, or you
used non-count word in plural for example
(homework) and non-count words dont take the
plural form.

SIG Signal phrase Wrong verb tense in signal phrase. It has to be

PHR. Simple Present.
SUP Support Unclear or poor support. Expand or rephrase.

The first letters of major words of titles are

T Error in the title capitalized. Dont capitalize prepositions,
conjunctions and articles if they are not the first
word of the title. If you include the name of an
article in the title, it should be enclosed in
quotation marks, if it is the name of a book, it goes
in italics. Dont use bold type, italics or quotation
marks to set off titles.

U Unity error All ideas in a paragraph, and all paragraphs in a

composition need to be closely related. They
should revolve around the same topic.
VT Wrong Verb Tense For example: I have seen him yesterday, instead
or I saw him yesterday.
WO Word order Example: I liked very much it
mistake
Wrong Form of the You used an adjective instead of an adverb, for
WF word example: he is doesnt write good instead of he
doesnt write well or the past participle instead of
a present participle, example He found the movie
excited instead of exciting.
 WC-N: The name of the heading is Works Cited,
the heading should be centered and in both words
the first letter should be capitalized. No bold type
Problems in the or quotation marks.
WC Works Cited. You WC URL: You need to insert the URL of the source
need to check the without including the marker https.
PDF "Documenting WC AD: Include the access date at the end.
Sorces_Guide2016" WC C: Convention for titles: use italics for name of
books or name of magazines; use quotation marks
for name of articles.
WC H.I: Use hanging indent in the Works Cited.
The first lines of all entries in the Works Cited are
flush left; the remaining lines are indented. That is
called negative indentation. You need to find an
example to do it right next time.

WW Wrong word The word has been misused. Look up the meaning
of the word in the dictionary.