| Feature |
Wrong sentence |
WS correction |
Word correction |
| Inserting missing auxiliaries |
I would very interested to meet you. |
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Right correction
I would be very interested to meet you. |
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Wrong correction |
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I would very interest to meet you. |
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| Inserting missing determiners |
Meredith made decision a long time ago, not to eat chocolate ever again. |
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Right correction
Meredith made a decision a long time ago, not to eat chocolate ever again. |
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No correction |
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| Determiner-noun agreement |
Three bird soared to the skies. |
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Right correction
Three birds soared to the skies. |
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Right correction
Three birds soared to the skies. |
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| Determiner-noun agreement |
One of the guy turned around. |
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Right correction
One of the guys turned around. |
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Irrelevant correction |
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One of the people that were there turned around. |
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| Punctuation: run-ons |
He fainted It was a hot day. |
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Right correction
He fainted . It was a hot day. |
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No correction |
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| Preposition-verb agreement |
I would like to goes for a walk. |
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Right correction
I would like to go for a walk. |
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No correction |
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| Inserting missing prepositions |
James used come here as child. |
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Right correction
James used to come here as child. |
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No correction |
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| Inserting missing prepositions |
He started go there when he was 33. |
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Right correction
He started going there when he was 33. |
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No correction |
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| Auxiliary-verb agreement |
Trying to climb the mountain, Georgina had twist her ankle. |
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Right correction
Trying to climb the mountain, Georgina had twisted her ankle. |
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Right correction
Mary wants/wanted to know that. |
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Right correction
Trying to climb the mountain, Georgina had twisted her ankle. |
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| Subject-verb agreement |
Mary want to know that. |
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Right correction
Mary wants/wanted to know that. |
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Right correction
Mary wants to know that. |
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| Subject-verb agreement |
Marketing are bad for our brand. |
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Right correction
Marketing is bad for our brand. |
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No correction |
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| Contextual spelling |
They did not except our offer. We could not offer more then two thousand dollars. |
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Right correction
They did not accept our offer. We could not offer more than two thousand dollars. |
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No correction |
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| Inserting missing prepositions |
She graduated Yale with honors. |
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Right correction
She graduated from Yale with honors. |
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No correction |
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| Inserting missing prepositions |
I lived New York for many years. I try to live life to the fullest. |
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Right correction
I lived in New York for many years. I try to live life to the fullest. |
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No correction |
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| Auxiliary-verb agreement |
Have you saw the new Tarantino? |
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Right correction
Have you seen the new Tarantino? |
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Ambiguous correction
Non–Standard Question (consider revising) |
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| Inserting missing nouns |
I just bought a new for my friend. |
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Right correction
I just bought a new [[MISSING WORD]] for my friend. |
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No correction |
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| Inserting missing copula (be) |
He happy with your work. |
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Right correction
He is happy with your work. |
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Ambiguous correction
Fragment (consider revising) |
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| Punctuation: comma after introductory phrase |
In my humble opinion this shouldn't have happened. |
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Right correction
In my humble opinion , this shouldn't have happened. |
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Right correction
In my humble opinion , this shouldn't have happened. |
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| Punctuation: comma after prepositional phrase in the beginning of the sentence |
Over the past couple of years we have come to realize the importance of this factor. |
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Right correction
Over the past couple of years , we have come to realize the importance of this factor. |
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Right correction
Over the past couple of years , we have come to realize the importance of this factor. |
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| Common grammar error |
Barry shouldn't of done that. |
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Right correction
Barry shouldn't have done that. |
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Right correction
Barry shouldn't have done that. |
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| Common grammar error |
He won't have nothing to do with you. |
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Right correction
He won't have anything to do with you. |
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Right correction
He won't have anything to do with you. |
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| Style: substitute coordinating conjunctions in sentence beginnings to appropriate sentence connectors |
Yet the author does not address this problem directly. |
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Right correction
However, the author does not address this problem directly. |
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No correction |
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| Style: Offering alternative wording to whole phrases |
It is difficult to make an evaluation of this subject. |
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Right correction
It is difficult to carry out an evaluation of this subject. |
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No correction |
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| Style: Offering alternative wording to whole phrases |
This is not possible. |
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Right correction
This is impossible. |
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No correction |
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| Adding missing words in set phrases |
Global climate changes are mainly due human actions. For, deforestation. |
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Right correction
Global climate changes are mainly due to human actions. For example, deforestation. |
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No correction |
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| Mixed-case correction |
THis is wonderful. |
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Right correction
This is wonderful. |
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Right correction
This is wonderful. |
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