ERROR CORRECTION CONVENTIONS

It is important to get familiar with the conventions used to make sure you are able to improve your
writing skills after analyzing the kind of mistakes you make and possible solutions. What you have
in the following chart is the convention, its meaning, and an example to clarify it.

CONVENTION MEANING EXAMPLE CORRECTION

WW Wrong Word There have many old There are many old
restaurants. restaurants
WF Word Form I felt uncomfortable and I felt uncomfortable and
embarrass embarrassed
WO Word Order The house green effect The green house
effect
WC Word Choice I was in the work I was at work
VF Verb Form Many things were Many things
happened happened / were
happening
Λ Omission A cup ^ tea A cup of tea
Behavior is the main
Unclear Not Clear Meaning characteristic of our
personality, between the
class subcultures like the
social, economic, and
religious also differ.
Frag Incomplete Idea The man at the table saw The man at the table
saw the kid on the
phone.
— Unnecessary You can take photos about You can take photos of
of it. it.

SUGGESTIONS

The following is a set of links to check some ideas to make corrections and avoid mistakes when
writing:

Prepositions

Common Mistakes Dictionary

Common Mistakes Explained

Punctuation

Comma

Semicolon

End Punctuation