Writing prompt: The Use of Taxi

Student essay:
Nowadays, we have had a heated discussion about whether the city add some taxis. Our opinions are divided on this topic.
Some people are in favor of adding taxis. They hold the idea that the taxis in city is little. Besides, it is long for people to wait taxis.
Nevertheless, other people strongly disagree to add taxis. First of all, there are a lot of taxis on street, so that many taxis make a lot of traffic accident.In addition, nothing is vexations than to make the traffic jam.
Personally speaking, the advantages overweigh the disadvantages, the taxi is very useful because it is easy for people to go to work. But the traffic accident is serious and we need to fair use air trip time.

Corrected essay:
Nowadays, we have had a heated discussion about whether the city should add some taxis. Our opinions are divided on this topic.
Some people are in favor of adding taxis. They hold the idea that the taxis in the city are too few. Besides, it takes a long time for people to wait for taxis.
Nevertheless, other people strongly disagree with adding taxis. First of all, there are a lot of taxis on the street, and too many taxis cause a lot of traffic accidents. In addition, nothing is more vexing than creating a traffic jam. Personally speaking, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Taxis are very useful because they make it easy for people to go to work. But the traffic accidents are serious and we need to fairly use air travel time.

Error analysis:
error_sentence: Nowadays, we have had a heated discussion about whether the city add some taxis.
correct_sentence: Nowadays, we have had a heated discussion about whether the city should add some taxis.
correction: should
error_type: Auxiliary Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Auxiliary Error: Based on the context, the intention is to express a suggestion, so the auxiliary verb 『should』 needs to be added before 〈the city add〉 to indicate a suggestive tone and comply with grammatical rules.
error_sentence: They hold the idea that the taxis in city is little.
correct_sentence: They hold the idea that the taxis in the city are too few.
error: city is little
correction: the city are too few
error_type: Subject-Verb Agreement Error
error_severity: 4
error_description: ① Determiner Error: According to English expression habits, the singular countable noun 〈city〉 needs to be modified by the definite article 『the』; ② Subject-Verb Agreement Error: The subject 〈taxis〉 is plural; based on the principle of subject-verb agreement, the predicate verb 〈is〉 needs to be changed to 『are』; ③ Adjective Error: The adjective 〈little〉 modifies uncountable nouns and is not suitable for modifying the plural noun 〈taxis〉; it needs to be changed to 『too few』 to conform to expression habits.
error_sentence: Besides, it is long for people to wait taxis.

correct_sentence: Besides, it takes a long time for people to wait for taxis.

error: is long
correction: takes a long time
error_type: Verb Choice Error
error_severity: 3
error_description: Verb Choice Error: Based on the context, the intention is to express a length of time; the original sentence's use of 〈is long〉 does not meet the semantic requirements and should be changed to 『takes a long time』 to accurately express the meaning.
error_sentence: Besides, it is long for people to wait taxis.

correct_sentence: Besides, it takes a long time for people to wait for taxis.

correction: for
error_type: Preposition Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Preposition Error: According to English expression habits, the verb 〈wait〉 needs to be paired with the preposition 『for』; therefore, 『for』 needs to be added to make the sentence structure complete.
error_sentence: Nevertheless, other people strongly disagree to add taxis.
correct_sentence: Nevertheless, other people strongly disagree with adding taxis.
error: to add
correction: with adding
error_type: Preposition Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Preposition Error: According to English expression habits, the verb 〈disagree〉 needs to be paired with the preposition 『with』; therefore, 『with』 needs to be added to make the sentence structure complete. After changing to 『with』, the verb 〈add〉 needs to be changed to the gerund form 『adding』 to complete the prepositional phrase.
error_sentence: First of all, there are a lot of taxis on street, so that many taxis make a lot of traffic accident.
correct_sentence: First of all, there are a lot of taxis on the street, and too many taxis cause a lot of traffic accidents.
correction: the
error_type: Determiner Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Determiner Error: The singular countable noun 〈street〉 needs to be modified by the definite article 『the』 for clear reference; therefore, 『the』 is added to 〈on street〉.
error_sentence: First of all, there are a lot of taxis on street, so that many taxis make a lot of traffic accident.
correct_sentence: First of all, there are a lot of taxis on the street, and too many taxis cause a lot of traffic accidents.
error: so that
correction: and too
error_type: Conjunction Error
error_severity: 3
error_description: Conjunction Error: Based on the context, the intention is to express a coordinate relationship; the original sentence's use of 〈so that〉 expresses a cause-and-effect or purpose relationship, which does not meet the semantic requirements and should be changed to 『and too』 to accurately express the meaning.
error_sentence: First of all, there are a lot of taxis on street, so that many taxis make a lot of traffic accident.
correct_sentence: First of all, there are a lot of taxis on the street, and too many taxis cause a lot of traffic accidents.
error: make
correction: cause
error_type: Verb Choice Error
error_severity: 3
error_description: Verb Choice Error: Based on the context, the intention is to express the causal relationship of causing traffic accidents; the original sentence's use of 〈make〉 does not meet the semantic requirements and should be changed to 『cause』 to accurately express the meaning.
error_sentence: First of all, there are a lot of taxis on street, so that many taxis make a lot of traffic accident.
correct_sentence: First of all, there are a lot of taxis on the street, and too many taxis cause a lot of traffic accidents.
error: accident
correction: accidents
error_type: Noun Number Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Noun Number Error: When 〈a lot of〉 modifies a countable noun, the plural form is required; the original word 〈accident〉 is in singular form, so 〈accident〉 needs to be changed to the plural form 『accidents』 to maintain consistency.
error_sentence: In addition, nothing is vexations than to make the traffic jam.

correct_sentence: In addition, nothing is more vexing than creating a traffic jam.
error: vexations than to make the
correction: more vexing than creating a
error_type: PoS Confusion Error
error_severity: 4
error_description: ① PoS Confusion Error: The original sentence 〈nothing is vexations〉 intends to express a subject-complement structure, but 〈vexations〉 is a noun and should be changed to the adjective form 『more vexing』; ② Verb Choice Error: Based on the context, the intention is to express the action of creating a traffic jam; the original sentence's use of 〈make〉 does not meet the semantic requirements and should be changed to 『creating』 to accurately express the meaning; ③ Determiner Error: According to English expression habits, the singular countable noun 〈traffic jam〉 needs to be preceded by 『a』 to comply with grammatical rules.
error_sentence: In addition, nothing is vexations than to make the traffic jam.

correct_sentence: In addition, nothing is more vexing than creating a traffic jam. Personally speaking, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
error: 

error_sentence: Personally speaking, the advantages overweigh the disadvantages, the taxi is very useful because it is easy for people to go to work.
correct_sentence: Personally speaking, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
error: overweigh
correction: outweigh
error_type: Spelling Error
error_severity: 1
error_description: Spelling Error: According to the sentence meaning, the intention is to express 'exceed'; therefore, 〈overweigh〉 is a misspelling of 『outweigh』, and 〈overweigh〉 needs to be changed to 『outweigh』 to make the sentence meaning coherent.
error_sentence: Personally speaking, the advantages overweigh the disadvantages, the taxi is very useful because it is easy for people to go to work.
correct_sentence: Personally speaking, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Taxis are very useful because they make it easy for people to go to work.
error: , the taxi is
correction: . Taxis are
error_type: Noun Number Error
error_severity: 3
error_description: ① Punctuation Error: 〈the advantages outweigh the disadvantages〉 and 〈Taxis are is very useful because they make it is easy for people to go to work〉 contain independent predicate structures/subject-verb structures and can be independent sentences, requiring separation by a period; change 〈, the taxi is〉 to 『. Taxis are』 to comply with sentence structure rules; ② Noun Number Error: Based on the context, the plural form 『Taxis』 should be used here; after the modification, based on the principle of subject-verb agreement, the predicate verb should also be changed to 『are』.
error_sentence: Personally speaking, the advantages overweigh the disadvantages, the taxi is very useful because it is easy for people to go to work.
correct_sentence: Taxis are very useful because they make it easy for people to go to work.
error: it is
correction: they make it
error_type: Verb Choice Error
error_severity: 4
error_description: ① Pronoun Error: According to the context, the pronoun 〈it〉 is inconsistent with the plural subject 〈Taxis〉 and needs to be changed to 『they』 to maintain pronoun consistency; ② Verb Choice Error: Based on the sentence meaning, 〈it is〉 should be changed to 『they make it』 to correctly express the meaning.
error_sentence: But the traffic accident is serious and we need to fair use air trip time.
correct_sentence: But the traffic accidents are serious and we need to fairly use air travel time.
error: accident is
correction: accidents are
error_type: Noun Number Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Noun Number Error: Based on the context, the intention is to express a general situation, so the plural form should be used; 〈accident〉 needs to be changed to the plural form 『accidents』. After the modification, based on the principle of subject-verb agreement, the predicate verb also needs to be changed to 『are』 to match the plural subject.
error_sentence: But the traffic accident is serious and we need to fair use air trip time.
correct_sentence: But the traffic accidents are serious and we need to fairly use air travel time.
error: fair
correction: fairly
error_type: Adverb Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Adverb Error: According to English expression habits, 〈fair〉 here modifies the verb 〈use〉; an adverb should be used to modify a verb, not an adjective, so 〈fair〉 is changed to the adverb 『fairly』.
error_sentence: But the traffic accident is serious and we need to fair use air trip time.
correct_sentence: But the traffic accidents are serious and we need to fairly use air travel time.
error: trip
correction: travel
error_type: Noun Error
error_severity: 3
error_description: Noun Error: Based on the context, the intention is to express a mode of transport; the noun 〈trip〉 does not fit the context and needs to be replaced with 『travel』 to correctly express the meaning.