I am having some issues with a jQuery form validation pluggin. Below is the code which executes on document.ready()

$("#register").validate({
    rules: {
        usernameREG: {
            required: true,
            remote: "PHP/checkUsr.php",
            minlength: 4}
        fnameREG: {
            required: true}
        lnameREG: {
            required: true}
        password1REG: {
            required: true,
            minlength: 4}
        password2REG: {
            equalTo: "#password1REG",
            required: true}
        emailREG: {
            required: true,
            email: true}
        telREG: {
            required: true,
            rangelength: [9, 13]}
    }
    });

Even without the 'rules' parameters this function does not trigger. It also stops all the proceeding jquery functions which are triggered on document.ready()