Sentences

Day 1

No Anglo-Saxon poem is more better known than Beowulf, the story of a warrior.

Composed by an unknown poet that lived 1,200 years ago, this epic marks the beginning of English literature. Correct relative pronoun Use of underlining or italics with title of long literary work

Elimination of double comparison

Day 1 No Anglo-Saxon poem is better known than Beowulf, the story of a warrior. Elimination of double comparison Use of underlining or italics with title of long literary work

Composed by an unknown poet who lived 1,200 years ago, this epic marks the beginning of English literature. Correct relative pronoun

Day 2

The warrior Beowulf embodies the most high ideals of his time, loyalty, bravery, and selflessness.

Him and his followers sail to Denmark to defeat the fierce bloodthirsty monster Grendel. Correct superlative form of adjective Correct pronoun case Use of commas with coordinate adjectives

Use of colon before a list

Day 2

The warrior Beowulf embodies the highest ideals of his time: loyalty, bravery, and selflessness. Correct superlative form of adjective Use of colon before a list He and his followers sail to Denmark to defeat the fierce, bloodthirsty monster Grendel. Correct pronoun case Use of commas with coordinate adjectives

Day 3

Beowulf was composed about A.D. 700 but three centuries had past before it was first written down.

Anglo-Saxon singers memorized all 3,000 lines so they could recite the thing to audiences. Use of subordinating conjunction so that Use of specific noun to improve style

Use of comma before coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence Correction of commonly confused words

Day 3 Beowulf was composed about A.D. 700, but three centuries had passed before it was first written down. Use of comma before coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence Correction of commonly confused words

Anglo-Saxon singers memorized all 3,000 lines so that they could recite the epic to audiences.

Use of subordinating conjunction so that Use of specific noun to improve style

Day 4

Sword ready Beowulf was laying in wait for the monster Grendel.

Grendel’s mother filled with rage seeked revenge for the death of her son.

Correction of commonly confused words Use of commas with nonrestrictive participial phrase Correct past form of irregular verb Use of comma with absolute phrase

Day 4

Sword ready, Beowulf was lying in wait for the monster Grendel.

Use of comma with absolute phrase Correction of commonly confused words Grendel’s mother, filled with rage, sought revenge for the death of her son. Use of commas with nonrestrictive participial phrase Correct past form of irregular verb

Day 5

The poetry of Beowulf inspired J R R Tolkien, an Oxford scholar, to write The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings.

In these and other best-selling novels, Tolkien shows brave heros struggling against Grendel like monsters. Correct capitalization in titles Use of hyphen with suffix -like

Use of periods with initials

Correct spelling of plural form

Day 5

The poetry of Beowulf inspired J.R.R. Tolkien, an Oxford scholar, to write The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Use of periods with initials Correct capitalization in titles In these and other best-selling novels, Tolkien shows brave heroes struggling against Grendel-like monsters. Correct spelling of plural form Use of hyphen with suffix like