Within our markup, special attention was given to the variety of mistakes made in spelling and grammar. To categorize these, we isolated these varieties to specific types whose names have linguistic origins but are rather loosely applied. The following is a key to help users understand what these categories mean.

Spelling Error Types
Grammatical Error Types

Spelling Error Types

There are 14 different spelling type errors, each subjectively applied. Sometimes a word can exhibit more than one type at once.

Apheresis

The omission of a letter from the beginning of the word. (For example: 'nd' instead of 'and')

Apocope

The omission of a letter from the end of the word. (For example: 'wer' instead of 'were', 'of' instead of 'off')

Canon

The use of a characters canon (official) name as opposed to their established name within "My Immortal". (For example: Referring to B'loody as Hermione, or Doris as Dolores)

Chatspeak

The use of shortened word forms commonly found online or in SMS text messages to save time or characters. (For example: brb, ne1, u, cuz)

Epenthesis

The insertion of extraneous letters to a word. (For example: 'Hargrid' instead of 'Hagrid')

Goffik

The use of unique word forms meant to identify the author as gothic. (For example: Fangs, goffik, geddit, skull)

Hyperbole

The elongation of a word by adding letters for emphasis. (For example: hiiiiiiiiii, noooooooooooooo, uggggggghhhhhh, !!!!!!!)

Homophone

The substition of words which sound the same but are spelled differently. (For example: 'their' instead of 'there')

Keyboarding

Errors resulting from typing too quickly or carelessly and hitting nearby keys. (For example: !!!11!, Vloxemort, Evony)

Malaproper

The use of words that may be similar in form or composition, but are completely inappropriate and misused. (For example: 'virility' instead of 'virginity')

Metathesis

The transposition of adjacent letters. (For example: Enoby, reveiws, wnot)

Phonetic

Words which are spelled in a attempt to reflect their pronunciation or which have their vowel sound altered in a way which could be formalized in a phonological rule.

Syncope

The omission of a letter from the middle of a word. (For example: blak, rok, swers)

???

Used for spelling types which we were unable to classify due to their eccentric nature. (For example: 'Trevolry' instead of 'Trelawney', 'flassing' instead of 'flaming', 'McGoogle' or 'McGoggle' instead of 'McGonagall')

Grammar Error Types

There are 7 grammatical error types, which are more rigidly applied. Again, errors can have more than one type.

Apostrophe

The omission of an apostrophe from contractions and possessive forms. (For example: wont, im, Ebonys)

Caps

The lack or overapplication of capitalization, such as at the beginning of a sentence or for names. (For example: draco, AGAIN, aGaIn)

Derivation

The misapplication of derivational morphological rules in English. (For example: 'all of a suddenly' instead of 'all of a sudden')

Inflection

The misapplication of inflectional morphological rules in English. (For example: 'my hair reach my back' instead of 'my hair reaches my back')

Punctuation

The use of incorrect punctuation. (For example: ',' instead of ';' or '.')

Stylistic

Stylistic errors such as using numerals instead of typing out numbers one through ten. (For example: '1' instead of 'one')

Subjunctive

Errors specifically relating to the subjunctive tense. (For example: 'I wish I was' instead of 'I wish I were'.