WRITING CONVENTIONS

LEGEND MEANING MISTAKE (examples) CORRECTION (examples)

SS Sentence I want that you open the door (ss) I want you to open the door.
Structure He said me hello. (ss) He said hello to me.
SP Spelling Beatifull (sp) beautiful
^ Missing Word ^ Is important. It is important.
The only important ^ was to work. The only important thing was to work.
WP Wrong Pronoun María is my sister. He (wp) is 20 years old. María is my sister. She is 20 years old.
SVA Subject Verb He walk (sva) to school everyday. He walks to school everyday.
Agreement Colombian people is (sva) nice. Colombian people are nice.
WPR Wrong Preposition In (wpr) the other hand… On the other hand…
He was in (wpr) the beach. He was at the beach.
WC Wrong Connector She is tall. However, (WC) she is intelligent. She is tall and intelligent.
?? Nonsense Idea Comment: The teacher is not able to understand what the student is trying to communicate.
//…// Isolated Idea Mary had an excellent time in NY. //The traffic signals are easy to handle in Mary had an excellent time in NY. There she visited a lot of
NY\\. There she visited a lot of tourist places. tourist places.
VF Verb Form She has been wait (vf) for 2 hours. She has been waiting (vf) for 2 hours.
This is a way to protect herself and to avoid show (vf) what she really feels. This is a way to protect herself and to avoid showing what she
really feels.
WV Wrong Verb I have (wv) 20 years old. I am 20 years old.
I like to see (wv) TV. I like to watch TV.
WT Wrong Tense Yesterday I go (wt) to the movies. Yesterday I went to the movies.
In her written journal, she argued that Joe become (wt) ill with cancer. In her written journal, she argued that Joe became ill with
cancer.
WO Word Order She has eyes blue. (wo) She has blue eyes.
In the afternoon tomorrow (wo) he will travel to Israel. He will travel to Israel tomorrow afternoon.
XYZ Unnecessary Word His happy birthday is on January 15. His birthday is on January 15.
… when somebody called to Alejandro… … when somebody called Alejandro…
WW Wrong Word The Nile River is the largest (ww) river in the world. The Nile River is the longest in the world.
The city of Bogotá has (ww) the District Capital. The city of Bogotá is the District Capital.
WA Wrong Article The (WA) France is having a rough winter. France is having a rough winter.
Sue had a (WA) excellent final exam. Sue had an excellent final exam.
AF Adjective Form The Eiffel Tower is more tall (AF) than the Taj Mahal The Eiffel Tower is taller than the Taj Mahal
The Nile River is the larger (AF) river in the world. The Nile River is the largest river in the world.
S/P Singular-Plural My child (p/s) were playing in the street when they saw the accident. My children were playing in the street when they saw the
Rep form
Repetition Marvel’s new film is very interesting (Rep) because it has an interesting (Rep) accident.
Marvel’s new film is very interesting because it has a great
starring and a very interesting (Rep) script. starring and script.
Cap Capitalization Many people visit madrid (Cap) every year. it (Cap) has become the driving Many people visit Madrid every year. It has become the driving
force of the(Cap) spanish economy nowadays. force of the Spanish economy nowadays.
PUN Punctuation Crepes staff are helpful (pun) friendly and polite (pun) Crepes staff are helpful, friendly and polite.
FCG False Cognate Actually (fcg) I am assisting (fcg) English classes. Currently I am attending English classes.
WExp Wrong Expression I could care less (WExp) if you bought a car. I couldn’t care less if you bought a car.