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Appendix A: Coding frames<br />

Aspects of Writing Coding Sheet<br />

Sample: 2014<br />

100-WORD-SAMPLE<br />

Judge ID<br />

Script number<br />

Punctuation<br />

Stops (full stops, exclamation marks, question marks)<br />

Number of correct stops<br />

Number of missing stops<br />

Number of inserted incorrect stops<br />

Number of comma splices<br />

Commas<br />

Number of commas used correctly<br />

Number of commas omitted<br />

Number of commas used incorrectly (ignore commas counted for comma splices)<br />

Apostrophes<br />

Number of apostrophes correctly used<br />

to denote possession<br />

Number of possessive apostrophes<br />

incorrectly used<br />

Number of possessive apostrophes<br />

omitted<br />

Number of apostrophes correctly used<br />

to denote abbreviation<br />

Number of apostrophes incorrectly<br />

used or omitted from abbreviation<br />

Other<br />

Indicate number of correct other punctuation:<br />

Number of correct punctuation<br />

Semi colon<br />

Colon<br />

Dash<br />

Hyphen<br />

Inverted commas<br />

Ampersand<br />

Ellipsis<br />

Brackets<br />

Other<br />

Capitalisation<br />

Number of capital letters used at the beginning of a sentence<br />

Number of capital letters omitted from the beginning of a sentence<br />

Number of capital letters used correctly for proper nouns<br />

Number of capital letters omitted from proper nouns<br />

Number of capital letters used incorrectly for non-proper nouns<br />

Grammar<br />

Verbs<br />

Instances of incorrect tense<br />

Instances of lack of<br />

subject-verb agreement<br />

Sentence structure<br />

Number of simple sentences<br />

Number of multiple sentences<br />

Instances of coordination<br />

Instances of subordination<br />

17888<br />

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52 | RESEARCH MATTERS – SPECIAL ISSUE 4: Aspects of Writing 1980–2014

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