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Editing marks for common errors on essays Symbol g / gen # per T art w sp v ? q prep b/c imp Abbrev. for gender number person tense article missing word choice spelling error verb missing unclear "que" needed preposition "because of" impersonal se Valerie Freeman, Spanish 103 Description / Example noun has wrong gender / adj doesn't agree w/ noun should be opposite (sing/plural); adj/verb doesn't agree w/ noun verb conjugated to the wrong person (yo, tu, ellos, etc) verb in wrong tense usually needs definite article (el, la, los, las) vocab confusion: ex: "w : ser" = use ser instead always needed after pensar or creer: pienso que…/ creo que... missing / incorrect preposition use: a causa de ; debido a (due to); or por eso (because of this) instead of "tu puedes", use se puede (one can) "my brother's personality" = la personalidad de mi hermano 's possessive NOT mi hermanos personalidad Note: my "g" might look like an 8 or an "s" and my "q" might look like a 9. Tips and Reminders a good online dictionary: WordReference.com -- includes definitions to help you choose the correct translation For typing: In Word: Tools > Language > Set Language… Turn on the spell- and sp, w grammar-check: they will catch many spelling and accent errors. Making accents as you type: see EN p.5. In Word: hold control+apostrophe, release and then type the vowel. nouns almost always need articles (a, the, some) art the adjectives we've learned are not nouns! ex: trabajador = hardworking professions don't need them: ex: Soy maestra = I'm a teacher (no "una" needed) adding "s" doesn’t make a possessive! It's always "the thing of a person" 's misc remember almost all adjectives go after nouns, not before check that adjectives agree in number and gender w/ their nouns words ending in -idad or -ción are feminine gen, # the noun "genetics" is always singluar: la genética "genetic" as an adjective agrees w/ the noun: genético/a(s) use ser for personality traits: ex: soy trabajadora y ella es luchadora use tener años (not ser ) for age: ex: mi hermano tiene 13 años nos = to us // nosotros = we w mejor = better // mayor = older // mayoría = majority mucho/a = much / a lot // muchos/as = many // muy = very padres = parents // parientes = relatives (e.g. extended family) "someone to talk to" = alguien con quien hablar (NOT alguien hablar con )
