Amb
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Ambiguous. The
idea is not clear—it could have various meanings/interpretations.
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Awk
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Awkward
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Bib form
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Bibliographic form.
Use a correct one.
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CS
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Comma splice. Do not connect two sentences with a
comma.
Wrong: Bill was weak, he could not swim to shore
Right: Bill was weak.
He could not swim to shore
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CF
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In-text Citation Form.
Use the correct citation form.
I require: author,
date, page
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Dict
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Diction. You
have made an odd or incorrect word choice.
Find a better word.
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Frag
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Fragment. Fragments
are incomplete sentences. Do
not write them.
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FS
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Fused Sentence.
You have incorrectly connected two sentences
Wrong: We have known them for years they are our best
friends.
Right: We have known them for years.
They are our best friends
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lc
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Lower case. No
capital letter.
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UC
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Upper case. Use
capital letter.
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Mod
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Incorrect Modification (dangling modifier or
modification not clear)
Wrong: Unable
to swim well, the lifeguard rescued Jim.
Right: Jim,
who was unable to swim well, was rescued by the lifeguard.
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Nec?
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Necessary? Is
this necessary? (Probably
not)
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Pass
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Passive. Do
not overuse passive. Avoid passive.
Passive: The
letter was written by Jim.
Better: Jim
wrote the letter.
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Para
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Paragraph.
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Poss
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Possession. Use
an apostrophe to show possession or use the correct possessive pronoun
(my, mine, yours, hers….).
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Pred
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The end of your sentence does not work with the
beginning of your sentence.
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Prn Agr
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Pronoun agreement.
Use a different pronoun.
Wrong: A baboon grooms their mate.
Right: A
baboon its
mate. Baboons groom their mates.
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Punct
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Punctuation. Use
correct punctuation.
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Ref
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Reference. (Pronoun reference error).
Change the pronoun to indicate clearly which word it refers to:
Wrong: When she set the pitcher on the glass-topped
table, it broke.
Better: When she set the pitcher on the glass-topped
table, the pitcher/the table
top broke.
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Rep
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Repetitious. Don’t
repeat words or ideas.
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R O
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Run on sentence.
Do not write long strings of ideas connected with “and.”
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Sp
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Spelling
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S-v agr
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Subject- Verb Agreement.
The subject and the verb of the sentence must agree.
Wrong: Each of the students have a book.
Right: Each
of the students has
a book.
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Tense
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Verb Tense. Use
a better verb tense.
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Wdy
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Wordy. Write
concise sentences. Omit extra
words.
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WW
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Wrong word
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X
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Repeated error.
Check above in your document.
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