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Revising is looking at big changes. How the paragraph and story sounds.
Editing is focusing on grammatically issues. How the sentences and paragraph look.
After I brush my teeth, it is time to go to bed.
The sentence has a dependent clause "After I brush my teeth" followed by an independent clause "It is time to go to bed."
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Manchester United is the greatest soccer team in the world. They have won the league 20 times. This year Manchester United will finish second. I hate Manchester City.
Even though, I really do hate Manchester City.
Please go sit over their.
Their is possession.
There is a place.
"Let's go" Mark said.
There should be a comma after go.
You bring the bread, and I will bring the milk.
There is a subject and predicate on both sides of the FANBOY.
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The President of the United States is a cool job.
We could change it to: important, stressful, difficult, and demanding.
Next weekend the students prepares for the STAAR test.
prepares should be prepare
As soon as the rain stops let's go to the movies.
As soon as the rain stops is a dependent clause.
Let's go to the movies is an independent clause.
Mark and Dave went to the movies and the mall.
Mark and Dave are the subject.
Went to the movies and the mall is the predicate.
Look at sentence 11. The phrase can be good for does not express what Lily was trying to say. Which word could BEST replace can be good for to improve the meaning of this sentence?
(10) Lemurs have large eyes that allow them to see in the dark.(11) This feature can be good for the lemur species that are active at night. (12) Many lemurs eat coconuts, too.
A allows
B helps
C develops
D shows
B helps
The sentence is saying that having big eyes can help the lemur because they are active at night.
What is wrong with this sentence? How can you fix it?
I wonder how many puppys live in Texas.
The plural of puppy is puppies.
Add a question mark at the end of the sentence.
The following sentence doesn't have correct punctuation. Fix it.
The most common pets are dogs cats and birds.
This is comma's in a series:
The most common pets are dogs, cats, and birds.
I need to clean the garage, wash my car, and go to the gym.
Lily needs to add a sentence to help her readers move from sentence 6 to sentence 7. Which sentence could BEST be added before sentence 7?
(5) This island is the only place on Earth where lemurs live in the wild. (6) Around 30 different species of lemurs live on Madagascar. (7) Some lemurs are the size of house cats. (8) Others, like the sifaka lemur, are even bigger.
A Lemurs come in all different sizes.
B Lemurs are more intelligent than dogs.
C Like people, lemurs live in families.
D A new lemur species was discovered recently.
A Lemurs come in all different sizes.
Sentence 7 and 8 talk about the size of the lemurs. The sentence we insert must also talk about the sizes.
What is wrong with this sentence? How can you fix it?
My favorite city in georgia is blue ridge.
Georgia is a state
Blue Ridge is a city in Georgia
Something is wrong in the sentence. What is it? Fix it.
Tom and Jerry are not friends but they do star in their own tv show.
You must add a comma before but.
"Watch out," screamed Mark.
"Watch out!" screamed Mark.