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I am studying to be an enginere. I am studying to be an Spelling Sp. engineer.
Capitalisation Cap. I like italian Food. I like Italian food.
Ive been to Stockholm but I dont know that place Ive
Punctuation Punc. been to Stockholm, but I dont know that place. New Fred likes to eat pizza, he eats it every day. Fred likes to NS Sentence eat pizza. He eats it every day. Whats your favourite food you like? Whats your Unnecessary Word/ favourite food? OR Where do you go to shopping? Where Word Deleted do you go shopping? Missing I like to walk the river with him. I like to walk along the MW Word river with him. Do you like to play games computer? Do you like to play Word Order WO computer games? That effort is bad. That effort is abysmal OR Word WC She is smart, but awkward. Her intelligence rivalled Choice Einsteins, her social skills Homer Simpsons. They are form Tallahassee. They are from Tallahassee. OR Wrong WW The time change wont effect me. The time change wont Word affect me. She is the most beauty girl. She is the most beautiful girl. (nadj) Word Form WF They were accused of steal the car. They were accused of stealing the car. a variety of a language or a level of usage, as determined by degree of formality and choice of vocabulary, pronunciation, Register Reg. and syntax, according to the communicative purpose, social context, and standing of the user. When had you bought that car? When did you buy that Verb Tense VT car? Subject- Verb SV They has gone to the park. They have gone to the park. Agreement Using the same word, phrase, linking expression, sentence Repetitive Rep. structure repeatedly in such a way as to negatively impact the effect of your text. Making Corrections Your meaning is understandable, but the way you have expressed your ideas is not very effective. This could be Awkward AWK because of the words youve chosen, the way youve combined words, or your sentence structure. The meaning of what you are trying to say is unclear. This could be because of: incorrect grammar; poorly chosen Unclear UM vocabulary; not enough detail. Rethink how you can make meaning your meaning clearer (correcting grammar, choosing more suitable vocabulary, adding more detail). The way that you have put your sentence together is either Sentence SS grammatically incorrect or non-standard, thus making it Structure difficult for your audience to understand your meaning. Yuki didnt do his work. Because he forgot to. Yuki didnt Fragment FR do his work because he forgot to. She couldnt eat she felt sick. She couldnt eat because Run-on RO she felt sick OR She couldnt eat. She felt sick. OR She Sentence couldnt eat; She felt sick. Kim bought a cat, she gave it back. Kim bought a cat, but Comma CS she gave it back OR Kim bought a cat. She gave it back. OR Splice Kim bought a cat; she gave it back. You need to focus more on linking the ideas and sentences in Linking Link. this section. This means either the expression you have Expression Exp. chosen could be improved on or that you are lacking linking. New Each paragraph should only have 1 main idea. Start a new NP Paragraph paragraph for each new main idea.