Error and Correction Terms and Abbreviations

1.  Top-priority errors
Term or abbreviation	meaning	solution
coh	Coherence	add missing ideas or change the order of ideas
	The Order of a Sentence
	The Paragraph
	Coherence
copied	the material is copied	rewrite in your own words
	What is Plagiarism?
	Avoiding Plagiarism
	Characteristics of a Well-Done Paraphrase
quot	Quotation	add or change an author’s name, source title, signal verb/phrase, or the quoted passage
	Quotations
	When should I quote?
	Setting up and following up a quotation
	How much should I quote?
	Quotation and other punctuation
	Quotations within quotations?
	When do I use those three dots ( . . . )?
	Modifying words in a quotation
unclear	your meaning is unclear	rewrite in other words
	Sentence Clarity
vague	insufficient details	add more details
	Developing a Thesis
	What is a paragraph?
2. More serious grammar/vocabulary errors
Term or abbreviation	meaning	solution
cl	Clause	change or move a word/words in a dependent clause
	Using Clauses as Nouns, Adjectives, and Adverbs
	Adjective Clauses
	Adverb Clauses
	Noun Clauses
	Relative Pronouns
	Relative Pronouns
cond	Conditional	change the verb tense and/or a modal verb
	The English Conditional
	The Five Types of Conditional
	Present Conditional
	Past Conditional
	Future Conditional
	Continuous Conditional
	Mixed Conditional
	"Were to"
conn	Connector	change a clause connector word or phrase
	Conjunctions
	What is a Conjunction?
	Conjunctive Adverbs
modal	Modal Verb	change a modal auxiliary
	Modal Verb Tutorial
pass	Passive	change the form of a passive or active verb
	Active / Passive Verb Forms
	Passive Voice
ss	Sentence Structure	add or delete a word or words in a main clause
	The Structure of a Sentence
	Questions
	Direct & Indirect Questions
	Negatives
	Negative Phrases
	Appositives
	Using Do, Does, and Did
vf	Verb Form	change the form of a verb, usually a suffix
	Gerund or Infinitive
	Active / Passive Verb Forms
	Forming and Using Verb Tenses
	Irregular Verb Dictionary
	Participial Phrase
	Gerund Phrase
	Infinitive Phrase
vt	Verb Tense	change the tense of a verb
	Types & Tenses of Verbs
	Using Verb Tenses
	Past Tenses in Sequence
wo	Word Order	change the position of a word or phrase
	The Order of a Sentence
	Misplaced Modifiers
	Questions
	Direct & Indirect Questions
	Negatives
	Negative Phrases
	Appositives
	Using Do, Does, and Did
3. Less serious, but distracting and/or stigmatizing grammar/vocabulary errors
Term or abbreviation	meaning	solution
art	Article	add, delete or change an article (a, an, or the)
	Article Usage in English
aux	Auxiliary Verb / Helping Verb	add, delete or change an auxiliary verb (do, be, or have)
	Compound Verbs / Auxiliary Verb / Helping Verb
cap	Capitalize	use a capital letter at the beginning of the word
	Capital Letters
cs	Comma Splice	use a period or semicolon to separate main clauses
	Run-ons - Comma Splices - Fused Sentences
	The comma
	The Semicolon
	The Colon
	End Punctuation
det	Determiner	add, delete or change an article, possessive, quantifier or other determiner
	Articles, Determiners, and Quantifiers
frag	Fragment	delete a period to join a clause or phrase
	Sentence Fragments
idiom	Nonidiomatic Language	rewrite the passage in other words
	What are Idioms?
	False friends
lc	Lower Case	use a lower case letter at the beginning of the word
	Capital Letters
p	Punctuation	add, delete, or change a punctuation mark
	Sentence Punctuation Patterns
	Punctuation
parallel	Coordination / Parallel Structure	Make Coordinated Elements Grammatically Parallel
	Parallel Structure
	Parallelism
poss	Possessive	add, delete, or change a possessive noun or determiner
	Forming Possessives
prep	Preposition	use a dictionary to add, delete, or change a prep
	Preposition Basics & Phrasal Verbs
	Verb + Preposition Dictionary
	Phrasal Verb Dictionary
	Prepositions: Locators in Time and Space
	Prepositions
pron	Pronoun	change the use of a pronoun
	What is a Pronoun?
	Noun and Pronoun Characteristics
	Pronouns
	Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement
	Relative Pronouns
	Who and Whom
	Personal Pronouns
	Possessive Pronouns
	Demonstrative Pronouns
	Interrogative Pronouns
	Relative Pronouns
	Indefinite Pronouns
	Reflexive Pronouns
	Intensive Pronouns
quant	Quantifier	Add, Delete Or Change A Quantifier Or Related Phrase
	Usage of quantifiers
	Articles, Determiners, and Quantifiers
ro	Run-On Sentence	use a period or semicolon to separate main clauses
	Run-Ons
	Run-ons - Comma Splices - Fused Sentences
	The Semicolon
	The Colon
	End Punctuation
sp	Spelling	use a dictionary
	Spelling
	Common Words that Sound Alike
	Alan Cooper's Homonym List
s/pl	Singular/Plural/Noncount	add or delete plural marking on a noun
	Noun and Pronoun Number
	Noncount and Count Nouns
	Non-Countable Noun
	Collective Noun
sv	Subject-Verb Agreement	make a singular or plural subject agree with its verb
	Making Subjects and Verbs Agree
	Subject-Verb Agreement
	Subjunctive