Grammar Codes & Abbreviations

WW: Wrong Wrong

• There guns are to dangerous for bringing to class anyways.

• Their guns are too dangerous for bringing to class anyway.

• I have a right to bare arms!• I have a right to bear arms!• Those fools might hurt themselfs.• Those fools might hurt

themselves.• I’m not sure wheather guns hurt..• I’m not sure whether guns hurt…

RW or Awk: Reword/Awkward

NUM: Writing out Numbers

• In Arizona, 6 people were killed, and 16 were wounded.

• In Arizona, six people were killed, and sixteen were wounded.

Trans: Transitions• First of all,• Furthermore,• In addition,• Also,• Another reason• Finally, • All in all,

ABV: Avoiding Abbreviations

VT: Verb Tense• Yesterday, I walk to school and worry

about students carry guns.

• Yesterday, I walked to school and worried about students carrying guns.

S/V: Subject/Verb agreement

• There is too many people carrying guns today.

• There are too many people carrying guns today.

Prn-Agr: Noun/Pronoun Agreement

• A student should feel safe at their school.

• Students should feel safe at their school.

Spec: Specific Words Needed• He, she, him, her, it• They, them their, there• We, our, us, YOU

• They shouldn’t have them because they don’t belong there.

• Students shouldn’t have guns because they don’t belong at school.

Shift: Writing in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person• Students should have guns, so you

will be safe.Students should have guns, so they will be safe.

You should feel safe when students go to school.

Students should feel safe when they go to school.

MM: Misplaced Modifier

• Attending college, Texas allows students to carry guns.

• Texas allows students attending college to carry guns.

CITE: Crediting an Outside Source• “I had already made up my mind that

imperialism was an evil thing.”• George Orwell states, “I had already

made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing” (1).

• An elephant was ravaging the bazaar.

• According to Orwell, “An elephant was ravaging the bazaar” (2).

FR: Fragment

RO: Run-on

• Chancellor Johnson disagrees with Ted Nugent he wants fewer people carrying guns.

• Chancellor Johnson disagrees with Ted Nugent. He wants fewer people carrying guns.

CS: Comma Splice

• Ted Nugent would call Chancellor Johnson a coward, he wants fewer people carrying guns.

• Ted Nugent would call Chancellor Johnson a coward because he wants fewer people carrying guns.