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Abbreviation Meaning Example

Ab a faulty abbreviation She had earned a Phd along with her M.D.

Agr
See also P/A and S/V agreement problem:
subject/verb or
pronoun/antecedent The piano as well as the guitar need tuning.
The student lost their book.

Awk awkward expression
or construction The storm had the effect of causing
millions of dollars in damage.

Cap faulty capitalization We spent the Fall in Southern spain.

CS comma splice Raoul tried his best, this time that
wasn't good enough

DICT faulty diction Due to the fact that we were wondering
as to whether it would rain, we stayed home.

Dgl dangling construction Working harder than ever, this job
proved to be too much for him to handle.

- ed problem with
final -ed Last summer he walk all the way to Birmingham.

Frag fragment Depending on the amount of snow we get this
winter and whether the towns buy new trucks.

| | problem in parallel form My income is bigger than my wife.

P/A pronoun/antecedent
agreement A student in accounting would be wise to see
their advisor this month.

Pron problem with pronoun My aunt and my mother have wrecked her car
The committee has lost their chance to change things.
You'll have to do this on one's own time.

Rep unnecessary repetition The car was blue in color.

R-O run-on sentence Raoul tried his best this time
that wasn't good enough.

Sp spelling error This sentence is flaude with two mispellings.

- s problem with final -s He wonder what these teacher think of him.

S/V subject/verb agreement The problem with these cities are leadership.

T verb tense problem He comes into the room, and he pulled his gun.

Wdy wordy Seldom have we perused a document so verbose,
so ostentatious in phrasing, so burdened with too many words.

WW wrong word What affect did the movie have on Sheila?
She tried to hard to analyze its conclusion.

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Abbreviation	Meaning	Example
Ab	a faulty abbreviation	She had earned a Phd along with her M.D.
Agr See also P/A and S/V	agreement problem: subject/verb or pronoun/antecedent	The piano as well as the guitar need tuning. The student lost their book.
Awk	awkward expression or construction	The storm had the effect of causing millions of dollars in damage.
Cap	faulty capitalization	We spent the Fall in Southern spain.
CS	comma splice	Raoul tried his best, this time that wasn't good enough
DICT	faulty diction	Due to the fact that we were wondering as to whether it would rain, we stayed home.
Dgl	dangling construction	Working harder than ever, this job proved to be too much for him to handle.
- ed	problem with final -ed	Last summer he walk all the way to Birmingham.
Frag	fragment	Depending on the amount of snow we get this winter and whether the towns buy new trucks.
\| \|	problem in parallel form	My income is bigger than my wife.
P/A	pronoun/antecedent agreement	A student in accounting would be wise to see their advisor this month.
Pron	problem with pronoun	My aunt and my mother have wrecked her car The committee has lost their chance to change things. You'll have to do this on one's own time.
Rep	unnecessary repetition	The car was blue in color.
R-O	run-on sentence	Raoul tried his best this time that wasn't good enough.
Sp	spelling error	This sentence is flaude with two mispellings.
- s	problem with final -s	He wonder what these teacher think of him.
S/V	subject/verb agreement	The problem with these cities are leadership.
T	verb tense problem	He comes into the room, and he pulled his gun.
Wdy	wordy	Seldom have we perused a document so verbose, so ostentatious in phrasing, so burdened with too many words.
WW	wrong word	What affect did the movie have on Sheila? She tried to hard to analyze its conclusion.