Academic Buddy Programme

Symbols for correction

Here you will find the often used symbols for corrections with an example.

 A =    Absence of a word = a word is missing.

My sister has A arrived yet.                                   —–> has not

C =    Choice of a word. Either the word is wrong or redundant

He Cspoke a speech at the conference.              —–> gave/delivered

I ate my Cananas.                                                      —–> pineapple

Nous   Cexpectons notre directeur.                      —–> attendons

C Mon voiture n’est pas neuve.                             —–> ma

F =    Form of a word. The spelling of a word or verb is wrong.

(For ex. the marks of the plural or feminine/masculine are missing)

He Fthaught hard about it.                                       —–> thought

Charly Funderstand his point.                                —–> understands

He Feat it!                                                                       —–>  eats

Ce sont des événements important. F                    —–> importants

Jean Fest Marc sont gentils.                                      —–> et

O =   Order. The order of the words is wrong.

He wants Oto full-time work.                       —–> to work full-time

Elles veulent Oparler nous.                            —–> nous parler

P = Phrase (Sentence) is incomprehensible/wrong and must be rewritten.

Charly not understand explanation.             —–> Charly does not understand
his/her/their/our/your explanation

Lisa pas ne veut quitter.                                    —–> Lisa ne veut pas partir

T =    Tense is wrong in the sentence

I Tsee the film three weeks ago.                     —–> I saw the film three weeks ago

He Teat it!                                                              —–> He ate it