Grammar Codes & Abbreviations. WW: Wrong Wrong There guns are to dangerous for bringing to class anyways. Their guns are too dangerous for bringing to.

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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 By keeping guns away from students will make schools safer. By Keeping guns away from students will make schools safer. By keeping guns away from students, it will make schools safer.

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 The shooting was shocking & horrific. The shooting was shocking and horrific. OMG, this violence needs to stop! Oh my gosh (god), this violence needs to stop! Why did this guy have a gun? WTF?

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 1 st, 2 nd, or 3 rd 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 Because the shooting in Arizona shocked many people. Because The shooting in Arizona shocked many people.

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.