Day 1
The Industrial Revolution, which began in England during the 1700s and
spread, to Europe and North America was a historical happening.
By the mid-1800s, western society, once rural and agricultural, had
become urban and industrial!
Elimination of unnecessary exclamation point
Use of specific term to improve style
Correction of commonly confused words
Capitalization of name of proper adjective
Use of commas with nonrestrictive clause
Day 1
The Industrial Revolution, which began in England during the 1700s and spread
to Europe and North America, was a historic turning point.
Correction of commonly confused words
Use of specific term to improve style
Use of commas with nonrestrictive clause
By the mid-1800’s, Western society, once rural and agricultural, had become
urban and industrial.
Capitalization of name of proper adjective
Elimination of unnecessary exclamation point
Day 2
New inventions made the industrial revolution possible, while
improvements in transportation and finance allow it to continue.
The new inventions included the steam engine, textile machinery, such as
the spinning jenny and flying shuttle, and puddling furnaces, coke
smelters, and other iron-making techniques.
Capitalization of name of historical period
Verb tense compatibility
Use of semicolons in a series containing commas
Day 2
New inventions made the Industrial Revolution possible, while
improvements in transportation and finance allowed it to continue.
Capitalization of name of historical period
Verb tense compatibility
The new inventions included the steam engine; textile machinery, such as
the spinning jenny and flying shuttle; and puddling furnaces, coke
smelters, and other iron-making techniques.
Use of semicolon in a series containing commas
Day 3
With its good factories, Britain became a great manufacturer; factory towns
grew into large cities when banks and other businesses expanded.
The British navy to say nothing of fleets of merchant ships were also
expanding, allowing the British to acquire new colonies in Africa and
Asia.Use of precise adjectives to improve style
Use of commas to set off antithetical element
Subject and verb agreement
Correction of faulty subordination
Day 3
With its advanced factories, Britain became a leading manufacturer;
when factory towns grew into large cities, banks and other businesses
expanded.
Use of precise adjectives to improve style
Correction of faulty subordination
The British navy, to say nothing of fleets of merchant ships, was also
expanding, allowing the British to acquire new colonies in Africa and Asia
Use of commas to set off antithetical element
Subject and verb agreement
Day 4
By the end of the Industrial Revolution, whatever educational and
political privileges the aristocracy had had been extended to the growing
middle class.
Before the 1800’s the upper classes controlled Parlament; after the
1800’s the middle classes did.
Correction of commonly misspelled word
Use of comma to separate identical words in different use
Use of commas after introductory phrases
Day 4
By the end of the Industrial Revolution, whatever educational and
political privileges the aristocracy had, had been extended to the
growing middle class.
Use of comma to separate identical words in different use
Before the 1800’s, the upper classes controlled Parliament; after the
1800’s, the middle class did.
Correction of commonly misspelled word
Use of commas after introductory phrases
Day 5
The Industrial Revolution created some monsters; sweatshops, slums,
child labor, pollution.
The new realities of society would become the concerns of Parliament and the
subject matter of many authors.
Use of colon before a list
Streamlining sentences with possessive forms
Use of quotation marks with slang
Day 5
The Industrial Revolution created some “monsters”: sweatshops, slums, child
labor, pollution.
Use of quotation marks with slang
Use of colon before a list
Society’s new realties would become Parliament’s concerns and many
authors’ subject matter.
Streamlining sentences with possessive forms