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What the Cazort/Raines Marking System Really Means
​​​By cazort
Rating: HS

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  1. Wrong Tense or Verb Form
  2. Fused or Run-on Sentence
  3. Sentence Fragment
  4. Lack of Agreement between Subject and Verb
  5. Wrong Word
  6. Missing Comma(s) with a Nonrestrictive Element
  7. Unnecessary Shift in Tense
  8. Missing Commas in a Series
  9. Missing or Misplaced Possessive Apostrophe
  10. Unnecessary Comma(s) with a Restrictive Element
  11. Confusion of Its and It’s
  12. Dangling or Misplaced Modifier
  13. Lack of Agreement between Pronoun and Antecedent
  14. Wrong or Missing Preposition
  15. Vague Pronoun Reference
  16. Unnecessary Shift in Pronoun
  17. Comma Splice
  18. Wrong or Missing Verb Ending
  19. Missing Commas in a Compound Sentence
  20. Missing Comma after an Introductory Element
  21. Objective Case Pronouns Used as Subjects
  22. Double Negatives
  23. Failure to Capitalize Proper Names
  24. Faulty Parallelism
  25. Subjective Case Pronouns Used as Objects
  26. Misspelling
  27. Avoid Passive Voice
  28. Reduce Wordy Clause
  29. Look to Cut “TO BE” Verb
  30. Unclear
  31. Combine Sentences
  32. Transition / Organization Problem
  33. Paragraph Development Problem
  34. Quotation Needs Integration
  35. Major Comma Error – Splitting Subject from Verb
  36. Avoid “You” in Academic Writing
  37. Avoid “This” or “These” as a Subject of Sentence
  38. Use the Literary Present Tense
  39. Make Sure to Address/Analyze Cited Quotation
  40. Inappropriate Use of Coordination
  41. Inappropriate Use of Subordination
  42. Word Lists Should Be in the Same Part of Speech (Note: Lists are Rarely Effective)
  43. Context Needs To Be Established
Translateshun
  1. Replace verbs with adverbs
  2. This is cool and edgy when a famous author does this, but not when you do
  3. See 2
  4. You are revealing your inner conflict too much. Tone it down; I do not care about you
  5. Failed to say “analysize” enough times
  6. Ignorante Foole – do you even KNOW what a nonrestrictive element is? smh.
  7. See 1
  8. Add more semicolons
  9. Always use ex’tra apostrophes’ to convey you’re point.
  10. Same as 6 except the opposite of that
  11. Remember “it’s” is possessive
  12. Do not add modifiers
  13. See 4
  14. Replace prepositions with postpositions
  15. You used a pronoun. How dare you.
  16. See 15
  17. Use an ampersand instead, the punctuation that has your back ™
  18. Always end verbs with “-ticated”
  19. See 17
  20. See 17
  21. See 15
  22. Use quadruple negatives instead
  23. All Words Should Be Capitalized In Academic Writing
  24. Try perpendicularism
  25. See 15
  26. Are you using a typewriter? Get a life.
  27. Passive voice should be avoided
  28. Even though you think this sounds poetic, it is not
  29. Never use verbs!
  30. I did not read your paragraph and now I’m confused!
  31. See 17
  32. Sentences should be alphabetized
  33. See 32
  34. Whole paragraph should be in quotation marks
  35. See 17
  36. Use “Y’all” instead
  37. See 15
  38. Always use the pluperfect
  39. See 34
  40. Make each of these words its own sentence
  41. See 40
  42. See 8
  43. Make sure to introduce your essay by writing about your day.

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