Day 1
Written in the late 1300's, The Canterbury Tales rank as one of your finest
works of literature.
Among England's greatest poets, Geoffrey Chaucer stands besides
William Shakespeare and John Milton.
Correction of unclear pronoun reference
Subject and verb agreement
Correction of commonly confused words
Day 1
Written in the late 1300's, The Canterbury Tales ranks as one of the world's
finest works of literature.
Subject and verb agreement
Correction of unclear pronoun reference
Among England's greatest poets, Geoffrey Chaucer stands beside
William Shakespeare and John Milton.
Correction of commonly confused words
Day 2
The 24 tales, about 100 less than Chaucer planned, tell of pilgrims on their way
to Canterbury England.
Each of the pilgrims, who come from society's different classes, tell a tale.
Correct use of fewer and less
Spelling out numbers through one hundred
Subject and verb agreement
Use of a comma to separate parts of an address
Day 2
The twenty-four tales, about one hundred fewer than Chaucer planned, tell
of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, England.
Spelling out numbers through one hundred
Correct use of fewer and less
Use of a comma to separate parts of an address
Each of the pilgrims, who come from society's different classes, tells a tale.
Subject and verb agreement
Day 3
Largely selfeducated, Chaucer served as a soldier before he become the
king's special counselor.
His wide travels would of lead him to see all classes of society firsthand.
Use of hyphen with prefix self-
Correct spelling of homophone
Correct use of helping verb have
Verb tense compatibility
Day 3
Largely self-educated, Chaucer had served as a soldier before he became the
king's special counselor.
Use of hyphen with prefix selfCorrect use of past perfect tense
Verb tense compatibility
His wide travels would have led him to see all classes of society firsthand.
Correct use of helping verb have
Correct spelling of homophone
Day 4
Characterization is the most perfect part of the Canterbury Tales.
Using interesting details, Chaucer draws nice portraits of their characters.
Correct use of absolute adjective
Capitalization of first word in title
Use of precise adjective to improve style
Pronoun agreement with antecedent
Day 4
Characterization is the perfect part of The Canterbury Tales.
Correct use of absolute adjective
Capitalization of first word in title
Using interesting details, Chaucer draws shrewd and affectionate portraits
of his characters.
Use of precise adjective to improve style
Pronoun agreement with antecedent
Day 5
To fully appreciate Chaucer's rich language and rhymed couplets, you have
to read the original middle english.
Because this language is real difficult, almost everyone reads modern
translations of the tales.
Capitalization of name of a language
Elimination of split infinitive
Use of adverb to modify adjective
Day 5
To appreciate Chaucer's rich language and rhymed couplets fully, you have
to read the original Middle English.
Elimination of split infinitive
Capitalization of name of a language
Because this language is really difficult, almost everyone reads modern
translations of the tales.
Use of adverb to modify adjective