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Rewrites [==> den Aufsatz revidieren]: You will rewrite your essays based on your instructor's feedback
and the correction symbols below. Your final essay grade will be calculated as follows:
First draft [=die erste Fassung] 50%
ID*
ID and ID* both mean that you have made a mistake with an IDiomatic
expression. This usually means you've tried to translate an English idiom
literally into German when that can't be done, e.g. "this evening" = "heute
Abend" and not "diesen Abend";"the first time" = "das erste Mal" and not "die
erste Zeit." ID* indicates that the error is especially serious or distracting.
The following combinations of ID + number indicate some common
idiomatic mistakes to avoid:
ID*2: Talking about fun! Unlike English: "X hat Spa gemacht" vs.
"X war Spa"; like English: "Ich habe Spa gehabt" (or try "Ich habe
mich gut amsiert").
ID*4: All day = "den ganzen Tag" vs. "alles Tag"; all night = "die
ganze Nacht" vs. "alles Nacht"; all the time = "immer" (!) vs. "alles
Zeit"
W*
W* and W both indicate that you've chosen the wrong word, but W* indicates
that the mistake is especially serious. Examples are:
Choosing the wrong part of speech, e.g. translating the verb "to lead"
by the noun "Blei," or translating the verb in "she left" by the adverb
"links."
checking the word you've found in the "other half" of the dictionary to
see if it generally seems to mean what you think it means
typing the word or phrase you've found into Google using quotation
marks to see if it is really used in the way you plan to use it
SO
GG
W*1: sein = his or its (for masculine or neuter nouns); ihr = her or its
or their (for feminine or plural nouns)
W*6: sagen = to say: "Sie sagt, sie hat keine Zeit"; reden (ber) &
sprechen (ber) = to talk (about): "Er redet/spricht ber Elvis." "Du
redest zu viel."
TREE LEVEL: These are fundamental verb mistakes that will stand out to anyone walking through your
forest.
ING
MV
SV
TM
VP
Verb Position:
VP2: Und, aber, oder, denn & sondern occupy position 0 ==> you
want e.g. "und"; then something in position one; then the verb.
o VP2a: Note that, especially after "und" and "oder," the "thing"
in position 1 is often "understood," i.e. "occupies" position 1
without being stated.
VP3: If the verb is in two parts, the conjugated part goes in position
two, and the "generic part" (infinitive or past participle) goes at the
end of the clause.
VP6: Infinitives with or without "zu" always come at the end of the
clause. If the verb is separable or in two parts, make a "zu-sandwich":
mitzukommen, fernzusehen, Zeit zu haben, Tennis zu spielen.
WEED LEVEL: We don't want to see too many weeds in your garden BUT any interesting garden will have
a few. Don't feel bad
A
AD
Adjective ending
You've confused Accusative and Dative. Where the reason for the error is
ambiguous, we may write SO/AD.
DN
Nouns add an "-n" in the dative plural. DN indicates that you've either
forgotten this extra -n we add to the regular plural form in the Dative, or
added one where it's not needed.
EA
Don't confuse Ein-word endings and Adjective endings!
G
Gender
GEN GENitive mistakes:
This means you need to use the (correct form of the) Genitive, or may
GR
I
ID
NN
P
PA
PL
PRN
R
RP
SIM
Spelling [=Rechtschreibung].
Wrong/missing Relative Pronoun
The word you need is SIMilar to the word you have used. We'll use this if
you've confused similar words like "dass" and "das," "antworten" and
"beantworten," "Strahlen" [=rays] and "Strahlung" [=radiation].
Other Verb problems not included in the above categories (ING, MV, SV,
TM, VP). These include errors in conjugating the verb [e.g. er/sie/es gebt
instead of er/sie/es gibt], using the wrong form of the participle [e.g.
gemachen instead of gemacht], or using the wrong auxiliary verb [haben vs.
sein]. [Do not confuse V and W: V ==> change verb form or change the
auxiliary verb, but keep using this verb; W ==> use a different word]
Wrong Word [Do not confuse V and W: V ==> change verb form, but keep
using this verb; W ==> use a different word]. See W* under "Forest Level"
Wst
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