Day 1
Abraham Lincoln revising right to the very last minute finished The
Gettysburg Address just before he delivered it.
Did you know that president Lincoln was a very fine writer?
Capitalization of title before a person’s name
Use of commas with nonrestrictive phrase
Use of quotation marks with title of a short work
Day 1
Abraham Lincoln, revising right to the very last minute, finished “The
Gettysburg Address” just before he delivered it.
Use of commas with nonrestrictive phrase
Use of quotation marks with title of a short work
Did you know that President Lincoln was a very fine writer?
Capitalization before a person’s name
Day 2
In his speech, Lincoln said that “the war had an impact on the entire world.”
The audience come to the sight hours before Lincoln was to speak.
Use of past perfect tense
Correct spelling of homophones
Elimination of quotation marks around indirect quotation
Day 2
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In his speech, Lincoln said that the war had an impact on the entire "world.
Elimination of quotation marks around indirect quotation
The audience had come to the site hours before Lincoln was to speak.
Use of past perfect tense
Correct spelling of homophones
Day 3
Lincoln’s speech was a great success partly because of the fact that it honored
the fallen soldiers.
Did Lincoln actually say, We cannot dedicate…this ground?”
Elimination of wordiness
Inclusion of opening quotation marks
Correct placement of question mark with quotation marks
Day 3
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of the fact that
Lincoln’s speech was a great success partly because it honored the fallen
soldiers.
Elimination of wordiness
Did Lincoln actually say, “We cannot dedicate…this ground”?
Inclusion of opening quotation marks
Correct placement of question mark with quotation marks
Day 4
The brave men who had died in the civil war were honored by Lincoln.
My family and me attended a Memorial Day celebration that honored other
brave soldiers. Correct pronoun case in compound construction
Capitalization of historic event
Use of active voice to improve style
Day 4
Lincoln honored the brave men who had died in the Civil War.
Use of active voice to improve style
Capitalization of historic event
My family and I attended a Memorial Day celebration that honored other
brave soldiers.
Correct pronoun case in compound construction
Day 5
Many tourists and Civil War buffs makes it a point to visit the famous
battleground of Gettysburg.
It is a priveledge to slowly walk across the field and think about our country’s
greatness.
Elimination of split infinitive
Subject and verb agreement
Correction of commonly misspelled words
Day 5
Many tourists and Civil War buffs make it a point to visit the famous
battleground of Gettysburg.
Subject and verb agreement
It is a privilege to walk slowly across the field and think about our country’s
greatness.
Correction of commonly misspelled words
Elimination of split infinitive