This sheet can be printed out as a handy reference tool for students. For further explanation of any particular error, click on the appropriate link to go to its entry in the Grammar Sheet Companion.
Syntax| ___ syntax (syn) | ___ passive construct. (pas) | ___ infelicitous (flc) | |
| ___ emphasis (emp) | ___ sentence combinat. (cmb) | ___ wordy (wdy) | |
| ___ misplaced modifier (mm) | ___ parallelism error (prl) | ___ vague writing (vg) | |
| ___ coordination (crd) | ___ fragment (frg) | ___ repetition (rep) | |
| ___ subordination (srd) | ___ shift (shf) |
| ___ direct quotation (dq) | ___ indentation (ind) | ___ works cited list (wc) |
| ___ page # omission (pg) | ___ margins (mrg) | ___ other MLA rules (mla) |
| ___ introducing quotat. (iq) | ___ underline (und) | ___ double space (ds) |
| ___ offset long quotat. (off) |
| ___ comma (,) | ___ spelling (sp) | ___ capitalization (cap) |
| ___ comma splice (cs) | ___ hyphenation (hyp) | ___ double punctuation (d.) |
| ___ semicolon (;) | ___ quotation marks (' ') | ___ colon (:) |
| ___ proofreading (prf) | ___ contraction (no ') | ___ dash (--) |
| ___ choice (nc) | ___ possessive (np) | ___ redundant article (a/the) |
| ___ number (n#) | ___ omission (n o) | ___ omitted article (a/the) |
| ___ form (nf) | ___ colloquial term (clq) |
| ___ vague antecedent (p vg) | ___ demonstrative (p vg/p ovr) | ___ underuse (p u) | ||
| ___ redundancy (p red) | ___ relative (rl p/p vg) | ___ omission (p o) | ||
| ___ shift in #/person (p shf) | ___ possessive (pos p) |
| ___ choice (pr c) | ___ omiss./overwork (pr o/ovr) | ___ omitted object (ob o) |
| ___ omission (cj o) | ___ insufficient (cj isf) | ___ vague 'as' (vg) |
| ___ verb choice (vc) | ___ agreement (v#) | ___ omission (v o) | |
| ___ tense (vt) | ___ predication error (pred) | ___ idiom (idm) | |
| ___ shift (v shf) | ___ transit./intrans. (v trn/intr) | ___ subjunctive mood (sjnc) | |
| ___ dangling participle (dp) | ___ split infinitive (si) |
| ___ adv./adject. form (av/aj f) | ___ vague where/like (vg) | ___ however vs. though (hwv) |
| ___ choice/overuse (av/aj c/ovr) | ___ implied comparison (comp) | ___ intensifier (int) |