Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Ameliorate Rachel Carson

Directions: grammatically ameliorate the following sentence. There are four missing commas.

Rachel Carson an American biologist author and conservationist wrote Silent Spring a book that advanced the global environmental movement.


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Suggested Answer:

Rachel Carson an American biologist, author, and conservationist, wrote Silent Spring, a book that advanced the global environmental movement.

Thursday, December 2, 2021

Cold War Technology

Directions:  grammatically ameliorate, or improve, the following sentence. There are 3 missing commas and 1 missing apostrophe.

History changed on October 4 1957 when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik the worlds first artificial satellite.


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Suggested Answer: 

History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite.

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Ameliorate the Domino Theory

 

Directions:   grammatically correct the sentence below. There are three missing commas. 

The Domino Theory popular from the 1950s to the 1980s posited that if one country in a region fell to Communism then the surrounding countries would follow.



suggested answer: 
The Domino Theory, popular from the 1950s to the 1980s, posited that if one country in a region fell to Communism, then the surrounding countries would follow.


Sunday, November 14, 2021

Ameliorate Article 231

Directions: grammatically improve, or ameliorate, the following sentence. There are two missing commas.

Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles known as the War Guilt Clause was a statement that Germany was responsible for beginning World War I.


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Monday, September 13, 2021

Ameliorate the Salt and Gold Trade

Directions: There is a missing apostrophe, a missing colon, and missing comma.

Medieval west Africas trade route had two names the Salt-Gold trade route or the Trans-Saharan trade route. 





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Sunday, September 12, 2021

Amelioration about the Mihrab

Directions: Supply a missing semicolon and three missing commas to grammatically improve the two sentences below

The prayer niche or mihrab in Arabic is the focal point in the interior of a mosque the mihrab is located in the qibla wall that faces towards Mecca the holy city of Islam



VIDEO about the Mihrab on Khan Academy. 5 minutes and 40 seconds.


Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Ameliorate the Magna Carta

Directions: grammatically correct the two sentences. There are FIVE missing commas and one missing colon ( : ).  * 4 minute video

The Magna Carta written in 1215 limited the power of the monarchy and provided some rights to the nobility princes dukes barons etc.




The Magna Carta, written in 1215, limited the power of the monarchy and provided some rights to the nobility: princes, dukes, barons, etc.