Sunday, December 18, 2016

Ameliorate Jefferson Davis

Directions: grammatically correct the sentence(s) below, in red. The suggested answer is at the bottom of the screen. There are two missing commas and an omitted period.

Jefferson Finis Davis was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America he was a planter politician and soldier born in Kentucky and raised in Mississippi. 

Suggested correction:
Jefferson Finis Davis was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America. He was a planter, politician, and soldier born in Kentucky and raised in Mississippi. 
Video biography about Jefferson Davis