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Error
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Symbol
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English explanation
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Orthographe
Spelling
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O
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This symbol is used
to indicate a common spelling error.
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Genre
Gender
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M ou F
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This symbol is used
when there is an error indicating the gender.
If it is M then the masculine form must be used.
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Nombre
Singular/plural
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S/PL
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This symbol is used
to indicate a problem with how you have written the word.
If it should be plural you will see a PL above the word.
You should then write the plural form of the word.
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Accord
Agreement
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ACC
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This symbol
indicates there is problem with the agreement in your sentence.
For example adjectives must agree with the noun that is being
described.
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Vocabulaire
Vocabulary
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VOC
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This indicates that
there is a problem with the vocabulary you have used.
This is often an anglicism.
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L'ordre des mots
Word order
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←→
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Arrows indicate that
you have made an error concerning the order of the words in your
sentence.
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Mot ou phrase qui
manque
Missing word
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^
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This arrow indicates
that there is a missing word or phrase that should go there.
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Ponctuation
Punctuation
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*
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This symbol indicates an error with punctuation.
You could be
missing a period or a question mark.
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Idées vagues
Vague ideas
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squiggly lines
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Squiggly lines
around a phrase or sentence indicate that your
ideas are difficult to understand.
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Nouveau paragraphe
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¶
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You must start a new
paragraph.
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Homophones
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HOM
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This indicates a
homophone. Homophones are
words that sound like other words that often have different spellings
and meanings. For example
c’est
and sais.
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Phrase trop longue
Run-on sentence
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//
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Your sentence should
end where this symbol is placed.
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Déterminant
Article
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DÉT
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The article you have
used is incorrect. This
error often goes hand in hand with gender errors.
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Accent
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/ \
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This symbol
indicates an error using accents. I
will often add the correct accent on your word.
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Mot qui ne devrait
pas y être.
Word does not belong.
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X
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An X over the word
or phrase indicates it does not belong there and should be removed.
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Majuscule
Capital letter
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MAJ
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The word must be capitalized.
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Négation
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NEG
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You have not used
the negative form correctly.
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Verbes
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Verbs use their own
symbols. The errors
students typically make are incorrect tense and conjugation errors.
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Infinitif
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INF
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You must use the
infinitive form of the verb.
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Présent
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PRES
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You must use the
present tense.
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Passé composé
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P.C.
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You must use the
passé composé
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Imparfait
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IMP
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You must use the
imparfait tense.
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Participe
passé
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PP
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You must use the
past form of the verb. Verbs
ending in ER end in é.
ex. Regarder becomes regardé.
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Impératif
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I
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This is used to give
commands in French.
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Auxiliaire
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AUX
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Your auxillary is
incorrect or missing. In French avoir or être are used as auxillaries in
the past tense. There are
only 16 verbs that use être to conjugate the past tense.
The mnemonic device Dr. + Mrs Vandertramp can help you to
remember them.
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Plus que parfait
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PQP
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You must use the
plus que parfait.
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Futur proche
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FP
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You must use the
future proche tense.
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