Sentences

Day 1

Abraham Lincoln revising right to the very last minute finished The Gettysburg Address just before he delivered it.

Did you know that president Lincoln was a very fine writer? Capitalization of title before a person’s name Use of commas with nonrestrictive phrase Use of quotation marks with title of a short work

Day 1 Abraham Lincoln, revising right to the very last minute, finished “The Gettysburg Address” just before he delivered it.

Use of commas with nonrestrictive phrase Use of quotation marks with title of a short work Did you know that President Lincoln was a very fine writer? Capitalization before a person’s name

Day 2 In his speech, Lincoln said that “the war had an impact on the entire world.”

The audience come to the sight hours before Lincoln was to speak. Use of past perfect tense

Correct spelling of homophones

Elimination of quotation marks around indirect quotation

Day 2 ____________________________________ " In his speech, Lincoln said that the war had an impact on the entire "world. Elimination of quotation marks around indirect quotation The audience had come to the site hours before Lincoln was to speak. Use of past perfect tense Correct spelling of homophones

Day 3 Lincoln’s speech was a great success partly because of the fact that it honored the fallen soldiers.

Did Lincoln actually say, We cannot dedicate…this ground?” Elimination of wordiness

Inclusion of opening quotation marks Correct placement of question mark with quotation marks

Day 3

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of the fact that Lincoln’s speech was a great success partly because it honored the fallen soldiers. Elimination of wordiness Did Lincoln actually say, “We cannot dedicate…this ground”? Inclusion of opening quotation marks Correct placement of question mark with quotation marks

Day 4 The brave men who had died in the civil war were honored by Lincoln.

My family and me attended a Memorial Day celebration that honored other brave soldiers. Correct pronoun case in compound construction

Capitalization of historic event Use of active voice to improve style

Day 4 Lincoln honored the brave men who had died in the Civil War. Use of active voice to improve style Capitalization of historic event My family and I attended a Memorial Day celebration that honored other brave soldiers. Correct pronoun case in compound construction

Day 5

Many tourists and Civil War buffs makes it a point to visit the famous battleground of Gettysburg.

It is a priveledge to slowly walk across the field and think about our country’s greatness.

Elimination of split infinitive Subject and verb agreement

Correction of commonly misspelled words

Day 5 Many tourists and Civil War buffs make it a point to visit the famous battleground of Gettysburg. Subject and verb agreement It is a privilege to walk slowly across the field and think about our country’s greatness. Correction of commonly misspelled words Elimination of split infinitive