No | Category of writing problems | Frequencies of writing problems | Percentage (%) |
1 | Spelling | 489 | 23.04 |
2 | Tense | 396 | 18.66 |
3 | Subject-verb agreement | 305 | 14.37 |
4 | Punctuation | 218 | 10.27 |
5 | Fragment | 131 | 6.17 |
6 | Preposition | 129 | 6.07 |
7 | Number | 104 | 4.90 |
8 | Pronoun | 98 | 4.61 |
9 | Misuse of words/wordiness | 89 | 4.19 |
10 | Articles | 87 | 4.09 |
11 | Capitalization | 76 | 3.58 |
| Total | 2122 | 100 |