| Short Annotation | Long Annotation |
| ??? | Incomprehensible text |
| Art | Article error ("a" instead of "an" or vice versa, "the" instead of "a/an" or vice versa, or no article needed) |
| Cap | Capitalization error (a word that begins a sentence should always be capitalized) |
| St | Clumsy style. A native English speaker would not put it this way. |
| Comp | Wrong use of comparative (RIGHT: as...as - more ... than etc) |
| Ct/NCt | Count/non-count error (Is this a countable or an uncountable word? Check in your dictionary) |
| - Crossed out word(s) - | Cut this text (it is not necessary - can also be an unnecessary article) |
| Frag | Sentence fragment (unfinished/incomplete sentence) |
| Gr | Grammar mistake (general - unspecified) |
| MDart (the) | The definite article (the) is missing - revise the use of articles |
| MIart (a, an) | The indefinite article (a-an) is missing - revise the use of articles |
| MW(s) or X(XX...) | Missing word or words (one X = one word) |
| PC | Possessive case needed or wrong possessive case (word order) |
| Rel | Wrong relative pronoun |
| Agr | Subject/verb agreement error (accord sujet-verbe) |
| Sg/Pl | Singular/plural error |
| Sup | Instead of a comparative, you need the superlative here. |
| Spl | Spelling (=orthographe; check in a dictionary) |
| Vague | Vague reference |
| VF | Verb form error (simple or continuous, past participle versus infinitive, etc.) |
| VT | Verb tense error (present, past, present perfect, past perfect, etc., inconsistent use) |
| WCh | Poor word choice (check in an all-English dictionary and/or use a concordancer) |
| WF | Wrong word form (e.g. an adjective in -ing instead of -ed) |
| Prep | Wrong preposition is used (check in a dictionary or a concordancer) |
| WW | Wrong word -- check words in a dictionary |
| WO | Wrong word order |
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