Copy this file and paste it into your word processor. Using the following symbols, show how the errors should be edited.
Refer to Correction Symbols, as necessary. After editing the paragraphs, check the answer key.
Find the 15 capitalization problems in the following paragraph; then, make the necessary revisions.
1 Calculus was first proposed in the seventeenth Century by
the english philosopher and mathematician sir isaac newton while
he was an undergraduate student at cambridge university. 2 History
books say that the thought of gravitational attraction came to
Newton one sunday afternoon in the fall of the year while he was
sitting underneath an apple tree. 3 After an Apple fell from the
tree and hit his head, newton questioned why apples always fall
down rather than up. 4 He spent the next 18 months of his life
developing the mathematical principles that explain the gravitational
attraction of objects for each other. 5 As a consequence of developing
his theories of gravitational attraction, Newton was also able
to explain how the planets in our Solar system move in relation
to the Sun. 6 He explained his theories of gravity and motion
using his newly invented Mathematical principles, which are known
today as Calculus. 7 twentieth-century space flight has been developed
from the fundamental principles first proposed by Newton over
300 years ago.
Find the 20 capitalization problems in the following paragraph; then, make the necessary revisions.
1 Thanksgiving has been a national holiday in the United States since october 3, 1863. 2 0n that date, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the fourth thursday in november as a national day of giving thanks. 3 However, the practice of proclaiming a day for thanks did not originate in the united states. 4 The ancient hebrews, the greeks, and the romans celebrated harvest festivals; the english also celebrated a harvest festival. 5 Nevertheless, because of its special history, thanksgiving is probably the most american of the national holidays in the United States. 6 The settlers who are now called Pilgrims had left england in the seventeenth century because they had not been allowed to worship in their own way. 7 They first fled to holland and in 1620 sailed to North America on the mayflower, seeking a place to worship as they pleased. 8 Their original destination was Jamestown, Virginia, but storms blew them northward, and they landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, in icy november. 9 During their first winter, over half of the settlers died of starvation or illness. 10 The next year, friendly indians taught them how to plant corn and how to hunt animals. 11 After their good harvest the next fall, Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of special thanks. 12 In 1789, president george washington proclaimed the first national celebration to celebrate the adoption of the constitution.
From Improving the Grammar of Written English: The Editing Process, Beverly Benson and Patricia Byrd
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