List of common errors on essays, compositions and other written assignments:
Examples:
Yo 7 soy en la playa. "7" before the word "soy" indicates that there is a mistake with the usage of ser-estar.

Quiero que Juan 8 habla español.
"8" before the word "habla" indicates that there is a mistake with the usage of the subjunctive.

1. Subject-Verb Agreement
2. Noun-Adjective Agreement
3. Number-Gender with Articles
4. Verb Tenses and forms
5. Imperfect vs. Preterite
6. Precise Vocabulary (wrong word)
7. Ser-Estar
8. Subjunctive (needed or misused)
9. Sequence of Tenses
10. Word Order
11. Accents
12. Hay/Haber- use or misuse
13. Idiom (needed or misused)
14. Relative Pronoun (que vs. ese, que vs. el cual, etc.)
15. Demonstratives
16. Passive Voice
17. Para/Por
18. Spelling
19. Personal "a"
20. Preposition needed following the verb or Missing preposition or Wrong Preposition Used
21. Wrong Direct, Indirect or Reflexive Pronoun
22. Definite Article needed to make general statement
23. Anglicism; English interference
24. Gustar Error
25. Miscellaneous
26. Gender
27. Unnecessary word, such as a Subject Pronoun

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