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Symbol	Explanation	Examples
A	Article	A   A   She had the glass of milk and the apple for lunch. She had a glass of milk and an apple for lunch.
~~~~~	Expression Error	I am hard to find a job in Hong Kong. It is difficult for me to find a job in Hong Kong. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
G	Grammar - different parts of speech, subject/verb agreement, number, use of gerund and infinitive.	G He want do good in the test. He wants to do well in the test.
P	Punctuation/Capital Letters	P the weather girl smiled and said P P tomorrow will be a bright clear and sunny day. P The weather girl smiled and said, "Tomorrow will be a bright, clear and sunny day".
Prep	Preposition	Prep She got on a taxi and went to the airport. She got in a taxi and went to the airport.
S	Sentence Construction - The sentence is too long or doesn’t contain a subject or verb.	S Walking down the street singing a song. She walked down the street singing a song.
Sp	Spelling	Sp He asked for a bowl of soop. He asked for a bowl of soup.
T	Verb Tense	T   Last Sunday they  cycle from Shatin to Tai Po. Last Sunday they  cycled   from Shatin to Tai Po.
( ) or the	Word Not Needed	She works part-time at (the) Mac Donald’s. She works part-time at the Mac Donald’s. She works part-time at Mac Donald’s.
^	Word Missing	He ran to ^ office. He ran to the office.
WO	Word Order	WO They like tennis playing. They like playing tennis.
WW	Wrong Word	WW My father is a cooker. My father is a cook.

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Last updated on: Friday, November 19, 2004.