This document contains examples of corrections made to writing errors in areas like grammar, vocabulary, punctuation, word choice, spelling, word order and more. The corrections are related to issues like subject-verb agreement, pronoun reference, prepositions, verb forms, word forms, false friends and other linguistic issues. Each correction is preceded by a code that indicates the type of error corrected.

1. WRITING
CORRECTION CODE

2. ADECUACIÓN

3. rg
Best wishes and a very big kiss

4. register
Best wishes and a very big kiss

5. layout
From: Smith@gmail.com
To: Mandy@gmail.com
Re: Car rental
23/08/16
Dear Sir/Madam,
I’m writing to…

6. layout
From: Smith@gmail.com
To: Mandy@gmail.com
Re: Car rental
23/08/16
Dear Sir/Madam Mandy,
I’m writing to…

7. relevance
Tell me about the Romans.
The Romans were an ancient civilization like the
Greeks. The Greeks came first and their culture
was thriving...

8. relevance
Tell me about the Romans.
The Romans were an ancient civilization like the
Greeks. The Greeks came first and their culture
was thriving...

9. COHERENCIA/COHESIÓN

10. punc
Dear Peter
Thanks for your letter.

11. punctuation
Dear Peter,
Thanks for your letter.

12. Pron ref
María is so charming that you’d like to spend
your whole life with him.

13. Pronominal reference
María is so charming that you’d like to spend
your whole life with him her

14. Tense coh
She was the best friend ever. She’s used to
listening for hours.

15. Tense coherence
She was the best friend ever. She’s used to
listening for hours.

16. CF
At the end, I managed to get there on time.

17. communicative function
In the end, I managed to get there on time.

18. msg
???

19. message
MESSAGE
DOESN’T GET
ACROSS

20. WO
He’s making easier my life

21. Word Order
He’s making easier my life my life easier

22. agree
If things doesn’t work…

23. agreement
If things don’t work…

24. unnat
I’m writing because there is a good piece of
news

25. unnatural
I’m writing because there is a good piece of
news I’ve got some good news!

26. str
He’s so talkative like me

27. structure
He’s so AS talkative AS like me

28. art
The women are more intelligent than the men

29. article
The women are more intelligent than the men

30. CORRECCIÓN GRAMATICAL

31. B-L
I hope that you can to meet him.

32. B-L
I hope that you can to meet him.
!

33. double S
My friend that he was there when I saw you is
coming too.

34. double Subject
My friend that he was there when I saw you is
coming too.

35. Double -
I haven’t done nothing

36. Double negative
I haven’t done nothing anything

37. S miss
She’s so shy that never says a word in public.

38. Subject missing
She’s so shy that she never says a word in public.

39. tense
Last week I was met someone

40. tense
Last week I was met someone

41. miss W
I’m writing you because…

42. missing Word
I’m writing to you because…

43. extra W
You are as a pain in the neck

44. extra Word
You are as a pain in the neck

45. Vbpat
She told to me that I don’t do it again.

46. Verb pattern
She told to me that I not to do it again.

47. Pl adj
There are many differents solutions to this
problem.

48. Pl adj
There are many differents ! solutions to this
problem.

49. CORRECCIÓN LÉXICA

50. Voc
I feel alone

51. Vocabulary (wrong word)
I feel alone lonely

52. FF
Actually I don’t see him as often as I used to

53. False Friend
Actually At the moment I don’t see him as often
as I used to

54. W form
My life was a bit bored

55. Word form
My life was a bit bored boring

56. prep
It all depends of her.

57. preposition
It all depends of on her

58. sp
I supose you must be delighted about getting the
job.

59. spelling
I suppose you must be delighted about getting
the job.

60. Trans
He works as an informatic engineer

61. Translation from Spanish
He works as an informatic computer engineer

62. uncount
There were a few turbulences

63. uncountable
There were was a few some turbulence(s)

64. colloc
I lost the train.

65. collocation
I missed the train.

66. Green means √GOOD