Wednesday, March 27, 2013

The PLAGUE gets ameliorated !

Directions: 
Students should ameliorate the following sentence, in red. Three words need to be capitalized and there are two missing commas.

the black death also known as the bubonic plague reached the shores of italy in 1348. 







short video about the Black Plague.

Monty Python video clip


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  2. I would argue the first comma is unnecessary, as the second two that offset the subsequent parenthetical element 'or the Bubonic Plague' offer enough break in the sentence to ease any confusion. Stylistic argument, me thinks, as some grammarians agree that introductory elements like "Coming out of the East' need no comma as long as it doesn't cause confusion.

    Thanks. This just made my day! :)

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