Writing prompt: Spring Festival

Student essay:
Dear John,
I'm very glad to hear from you.Now that you want to know something about Spring Festival ,I'll introduce it to you. Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.It's a symbol of traditional Chinese culture and can not be replaced by anything.Before Spring Festival,people clean their house carefully to sweep away all the bad luck in the last year and hope for good luck in the coming new year.Also they decorate the house with red,such as couplet and so on.fresh meat and vegetables can't be absent,as well as beautiful new clothes.During Spring Festival,all the family get together,enjoy delicious food and watch TV.At Midnight,they eat traditional Chinese food called jiao zi. While ,they go outdoor to set out fireworks and firecracker.All that is to hope for good luck.

Corrected essay:
Dear John,
I'm very glad to hear from you. Now that you want to know something about the Spring Festival, I'll introduce it to you. The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. It's a symbol of traditional Chinese culture and can not be replaced by anything. Before the Spring Festival, people clean their houses carefully to sweep away all the bad luck in the last year and hope for good luck in the coming new year. Also, they decorate the house with red, such as couplets and so on. Fresh meat and vegetables can't be absent, as well as beautiful new clothes. During the Spring Festival, all the family members get together, enjoy delicious food, and watch TV. At midnight, they eat traditional Chinese food called jiaozi. Meanwhile, they go outdoors to set off fireworks and firecrackers. All that is to hope for good luck.

Error analysis:
error_sentence: Now that you want to know something about Spring Festival ,I'll introduce it to you.
correct_sentence: Now that you want to know something about the Spring Festival, I'll introduce it to you.
correction: the
error_type: Determiner Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Determiner Error: According to English grammar rules, the definite article 『the』 should be added before the name of a festival to specify it; in the original sentence, 〈Spring Festival〉 lacks the necessary determiner 『the』 to specify the object, so 『the』 needs to be added before 〈Spring Festival〉 to clarify the meaning.

error_sentence: Now that you want to know something about Spring Festival ,I'll introduce it to you. Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.
correct_sentence: The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.
correction: The
error_type: Determiner Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Determiner Error: According to English grammar rules, the definite article 『The』 should be added before the name of a festival to specify it; in the original sentence, 〈Spring Festival〉 lacks the necessary determiner 『The』 to specify the object, so 『The』 needs to be added before 〈Spring Festival〉 to clarify the meaning.

error_sentence: Before Spring Festival,people clean their house carefully to sweep away all the bad luck in the last year and hope for good luck in the coming new year.
correct_sentence: Before the Spring Festival, people clean their houses carefully to sweep away all the bad luck in the last year and hope for good luck in the coming new year.
correction: the
error_type: Determiner Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Determiner Error: According to English grammar rules, the definite article 『the』 should be added before the name of a festival to specify it; in the original sentence, 〈Spring Festival〉 lacks the necessary determiner 『the』 to specify the object, so 『the』 needs to be added before 〈Spring Festival〉 to clarify the meaning.

error_sentence: Before Spring Festival,people clean their house carefully to sweep away all the bad luck in the last year and hope for good luck in the coming new year.
correct_sentence: Before the Spring Festival, people clean their houses carefully to sweep away all the bad luck in the last year and hope for good luck in the coming new year.
error: house
correction: houses
error_type: Noun Number Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Noun Number Error: According to English grammar rules, 〈house〉 in the original sentence should be in the plural form 『houses』 to be consistent with the subject 〈people〉, therefore 〈house〉 should be changed to 『houses』 to conform to English grammar rules.

error_sentence: Also they decorate the house with red,such as couplet and so on.fresh meat and vegetables can't be absent,as well as beautiful new clothes.
correct_sentence: Also, they decorate the house with red, such as couplets and so on.
correction: ,
error_type: Punctuation Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Punctuation Error: According to English writing conventions, when 〈Also〉 starts a new sentence, it needs to be followed by a comma to separate it from the rest of the sentence, so 〈Also〉 is changed to 『Also,』 to conform to writing conventions.

error_sentence: Also they decorate the house with red,such as couplet and so on.fresh meat and vegetables can't be absent,as well as beautiful new clothes.
correct_sentence: Also, they decorate the house with red, such as couplets and so on.
error: couplet
correction: couplets
error_type: Noun Number Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Noun Number Error: According to English grammar rules, 〈couplet〉 in the original sentence should be in the plural form 『couplets』 to indicate multiple couplets, therefore 〈couplet〉 should be changed to 『couplets』 to conform to English grammar rules.

error_sentence: Also they decorate the house with red,such as couplet and so on.fresh meat and vegetables can't be absent,as well as beautiful new clothes.
correct_sentence: Also, they decorate the house with red, such as couplets and so on. Fresh meat and vegetables can't be absent, as well as beautiful new clothes.
error: on.fresh
correction: on. Fresh
error_type: Punctuation Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Space Error: According to English writing conventions, there needs to be a space between punctuation and a word; the original sentence 〈on.fresh〉 lacks a space, therefore 〈on.fresh〉 needs to be modified to 『on. Fresh』 to conform to writing conventions.

error_sentence: During Spring Festival,all the family get together,enjoy delicious food and watch TV.At Midnight,they eat traditional Chinese food called jiao zi.
correct_sentence: During the Spring Festival, all the family members get together, enjoy delicious food, and watch TV.
correction: the
error_type: Determiner Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Determiner Error: According to English grammar rules, the definite article 『the』 should be added before the name of a festival to specify it; in the original sentence, 〈Spring Festival〉 lacks the necessary determiner 『the』 to specify the object, so 『the』 needs to be added before 〈Spring Festival〉 to clarify the meaning.

error_sentence: During Spring Festival,all the family get together,enjoy delicious food and watch TV.At Midnight,they eat traditional Chinese food called jiao zi.
correct_sentence: During the Spring Festival, all the family members get together, enjoy delicious food, and watch TV.
correction: members
error_type: Noun Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Noun Error: According to the context, the intention here is to express “family members”; the original phrase 〈all the family〉 is missing “members”, therefore 〈all the family〉 needs to be modified to 『all the family members』 to make the meaning clearer.

error_sentence: During Spring Festival,all the family get together,enjoy delicious food and watch TV.At Midnight,they eat traditional Chinese food called jiao zi.
correct_sentence: During the Spring Festival, all the family members get together, enjoy delicious food, and watch TV.
correction: ,
error_type: Punctuation Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Punctuation Error: According to English writing conventions, 『,』 separates sentence components, therefore a comma 『,』 needs to be added between the parallel actions 〈enjoy delicious food〉 and 〈watch TV〉 in the original sentence to conform to English writing conventions.

error_sentence: During Spring Festival,all the family get together,enjoy delicious food and watch TV.At Midnight,they eat traditional Chinese food called jiao zi.
correct_sentence: During the Spring Festival, all the family members get together, enjoy delicious food, and watch TV. At midnight, they eat traditional Chinese food called jiaozi.
error: TV.At Midnight
correction: TV. At midnight
error_type: Space Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: ① Space Error: According to English writing conventions, there needs to be a space between punctuation and a word; the original phrase 〈TV.At〉 lacks a space, therefore 〈TV.At〉 needs to be modified to 『TV. At 』 to conform to writing conventions; ② Case Error: The first letter of a word not at the beginning of a sentence does not need to be capitalized; in the original sentence, 〈Midnight〉 is not at the beginning of the sentence and does not need to be capitalized, therefore 〈Midnight〉 needs to be modified to 『mdnight』 to conform to conventions.

error_sentence: During Spring Festival,all the family get together,enjoy delicious food and watch TV.At Midnight,they eat traditional Chinese food called jiao zi. While ,they go outdoor to set out fireworks and firecracker.
correct_sentence: At midnight, they eat traditional Chinese food called jiaozi. Meanwhile, they go outdoors to set off fireworks and firecrackers.
error: jiao zi. While
correction: jiaozi. Meanwhile
error_type: Conjunction Error
error_severity: 5
error_description: ① Spelling Error: According to English writing conventions, the meaning here is “dumplings” (jiaozi), which should be combined, therefore 〈jiao zi〉 should be changed to 『jiaozi』 to conform to spelling rules; ② Conjunction Error: According to the context, the meaning here is “meanwhile”; the position of 〈While〉 is improper and the logical connection is incorrect, therefore 〈While〉 should be changed to 『Meanwhile』 to express the correct temporal relationship and logical connection.

error_sentence: While ,they go outdoor to set out fireworks and firecracker.
correct_sentence: Meanwhile, they go outdoors to set off fireworks and firecrackers.
error: outdoor
correction: outdoors
error_type: PoS Confusion Error
error_severity: 4
error_description: PoS Confusion: According to English grammar rules, 〈outdoor〉 is an adjective, whereas an adverb is needed here to modify the verb 〈go〉, therefore 〈outdoor〉 in the original text needs to be modified to the adverb 『outdoors』 to conform to grammar rules.

error_sentence: While ,they go outdoor to set out fireworks and firecracker.
correct_sentence: Meanwhile, they go outdoors to set off fireworks and firecrackers.
error: out
correction: off
error_type: Preposition Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Preposition Error: According to the context, the meaning here is “set off fireworks”; the preposition 〈out〉 does not fit the context, therefore 〈out〉 needs to be modified to 『off』 to conform to the meaning.

error_sentence: While ,they go outdoor to set out fireworks and firecracker.
correct_sentence: Meanwhile, they go outdoors to set off fireworks and firecrackers.
error: firecracker
correction: firecrackers
error_type: Noun Number Error
error_severity: 2
error_description: Noun Number Error: According to the context, 〈firecracker〉 in the original sentence should be in the plural form 『firecrackers』 to generally refer to fireworks and firecrackers, to fit the context.