AbbreviationMeaningExample
| |problem in parallel formMy income is bigger than my wife.
Aba faulty abbreviationShe 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.
Awkawkward expression
or construction
The storm had the effect of causing
millions of dollars in damage.
bfset in boldfaceConclusion:
We'll have to try harder next year.
Capset in capital(s)We spent the fall in southern portugal.
CScomma spliceRaoul tried his best, this time that
wasn't good enough
DICTfaulty dictionDue to the fact that we were wondering
as to whether it would rain, we stayed home.
Dgldangling constructionWorking harder than ever, this job
proved to be too much for him to handle.
- edproblem with
final -ed
Last summer he walk all the way to Birmingham.
FragfragmentDepending on the amount of snow we get this
winter and whether the towns buy new trucks.
italset in italicThey tried to sink the Lusitania
She wrote for the New York Times.
lcset in lower caseWe spent the Fall in Southern Spain.
P/Apronoun/antecedent
agreement
A student in accounting would be wise to see
their advisor this month.
Pronproblem with pronounMy 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.
Repunnecessary repetitionThe car was blue in color.
R-Orun-on sentenceRaoul tried his best this time
that wasn't good enough.
Spspelling errorThis sentence is flaude with two mispellings.
- sproblem with final -sHe wonder what these teacher think of him.
S/Vsubject/verb agreementThe problem with these cities are leadership.
Tverb tense problemHe comes into the room, and he pulled his gun.
WdywordySeldom have we perused a document so verbose,
so ostentatious in phrasing, so burdened with too many words.
WWwrong wordWhat affect did the movie have on Sheila?
She tried to hard to analyze it's conclusion.