PURPOSE: To evaluate the skills of postgraduation students of São Paulo University to correct Portuguese errors contained in given sentences. METHODS: The students were asked to make corrections in 18 fictitious sentences. RESULTS: 30 students answered the test, having made 92 mistakes. The average number of mistakes made per student was 3.066. CONCLUSION: One quarter of the students presented poor results in the correction of written Portuguese texts.
Writing; Language; Verbal behavior; Handwriting; Language tests; Undergraduate education medical; Ophthalmology
