Clave para la corrección de composiciones
Español 201
Harry Vélez Quiñones
  1. C. = concordancia: Agreement (Between article/adjective and noun, or verb and person, etc.)
  2. Ort. = ortografía: Spelling
  3. a,e,i,o,u with a small "o" on top: Add or remove accent
  4. n with a small "o" in top: Add or remove ~
  5. WC = Word choice: Select a different word from the same category
  6. WO = Word order (often arrows accompany this sign)
  7. ^ = Add/Insert: Placed between two words indicates that a word is missing.  Often a specific abreviation indicates what type of word (adjective, noun, verb, article, pronoun...) you need.
  8. ? = I do not understand what you wrote
  9. X or nn. = Cross it out; not necessary
  10. Pl. = Turn to plural from singular
  11. Si. = Turn to singular form plural
  12. N = Noun. Change to a noun or add one.
  13. Adj. = Adjective. Change to an adjective or add one.
  14. Adv. = Adverb. Change to an adverb or add one.
  15. V. = Verb. Change to a verb or add one.
  16. AT. = Article (Also ART). Change to an article or add one.
  17. G. = Gerund. Change to a gerund or add one (Gerund is the form of a verb tha in English ends in -ing and in Spanish ends in -ndo).
  18. PP = Past participle.  Turn to the past participle or viceversa (amar/amado, comer/comido, vivir/vivido, hacer/hecho, decir/dicho...)
  19. P = Preposition (Also PREP). Change the preposition in question or add one.
  20. PN = Pronoun. Change the pronoun in question (personal, possesive, indicative, object...) or add one.
  21. PN. N. = Neutral pronoun. (e.g. lo, esto, eso, aquello)
  22. OP = Object Pronoun.  Add an object pronoun (me, te, la, lo, le, nos, las, los, les, se)
  23. inf  = Infinintive. Change the verb to its infinitive form (-ar, -er, -ir) or viceversa
  24. S/E  = Ser v. Estar. Change the verb from Ser to Estar or viceversa
  25. VC = Verb Choice. Select a different verb. The verb you have used is either innacurate or imprecise.
  26. VT = Verb Tense. Select a different tense for the verb in question within the mood (Indicative, Subjunctive).
  27. M = Mood.  Change the mood of the verb from Indicative to Subjunctive or viceversa.
  28. OK = Oooops!  My mistake!  The red pen moved before my brain started thinking!

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