Thursday, April 4, 2019

Ameliorate Huey Long

There are two sentences, three missing commas, and one missing apostrophe.

Huey Long 1893 – 1935 was an American politician who served as Louisianas governor and was a member of the U.S. Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935 a Democrat and an outspoken left-wing populist Long denounced the wealthy elites and the banks.

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Suggested Correction: 

Huey Long, 1893 – 1935, was an American politician who served as Louisiana's governor and was a member of the U.S. Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. A Democrat and an outspoken left-wing populist, Long denounced the wealthy elites and the banks.

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Ameliorate the Yalta Conference

Directions: grammatically correct the following sentence(s), in red. There is a missing colon (:), a missing semicolon (;), two missing commas, and one missing apostrophe. 

The Yalta Conference was a meeting of the Big Three Winston Churchill Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin Allied leaders planned for Germanys post-war division into four occupation zones.



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Suggested Correction:

The Yalta Conference was a meeting of the Big Three: Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin; Allied leaders planned for Germany's post-war division into four occupation zones.







Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Ameliorate ....


Directions: grammatically correct the sentences below, in red: there are 2 missing commas and one missing period.

Vladimir Lenin a russian revolutionary served as the leader of the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1924 



short biography 
Suggested Answer: 
Vladimir Lenin, a Russian revolutionary, served as the leader of Soviet Union from 1917 to 1924.






Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Ameliorate Versailles Treaty


Directions: grammatically improve the sentence below, in red. There are two missing commas, as well as proper nouns needing improvement.

the paris peace conference opened on January 18 1919 with the goal of developing a treaty that would punish germany.
video: start at 1:25

The Paris Peace Conference opened on January 18, 1919, with the goal of developing a treaty that would punish Germany

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Numbers and Numerals: Cardinal, Ordinal, and Roman

Directions: there are ten (10) missing commas in the two sentences below, in red. Also, there is a missing period separating the two sentences: make the appropriate corrections.

A Cardinal Number is a number that says how many of something there are such as one two three four five An Ordinal Number is a number that tells the position of something in a list, such as 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th  etc.
Video image: Roman Numerals 
Suggested answer: 
A Cardinal Number is a number that says how many of something there are, such as one, two, three, four, five. An Ordinal Number is a number that tells the position of something in a list, such as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th,  etc.

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Founding Fathers at War

Directions: grammatically correct the following sentences below, in red. There is a missing semicolon and two missing commas, along with five proper nouns that need to be capitalized in line 1 and four words in the last line that need to be capitalized.


during the american revolution many of the founding fathers served in the army for example, Alexander Hamilton served at the battle of trenton and the battle of yorktown.  



VIDEO 1 --  military analysis 
Video 2 -- Art based analysis 

Suggested Correction: 

During the American Revolution, many of the Founding Fathers served in the army; for example, Alexander Hamilton served at the Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Yorktown. 

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Ancient Rome: The Seven Hills

Directions: 
Grammatically correct the sentence(s) below, in red.  There are many missing commas and a needed use of the colon ( : ). 

Ancient Rome was fortunate to have agreeable geographical protections from potential enemies the Alps protected Rome from northern invaders and there were seven hills around Rome Aventine Caelian Capitoline Esquiline Palatine Quirinal Viminal. 







Great Five Minute Video introduction to Rome.

Suggested Answer:
Ancient Rome was fortunate to have agreeable geographical protections from potential enemies. The Alps protected Rome from northern invaders, and there were seven hills around Rome: Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal, Viminal.