Proofreading Warm-up Item 1 The nieghbors would not cenceed that the strip of land was not there’s. Corrected The neighbors would not concede that the

Proofreading Warm-up

Item 1The nieghbors would not cenceed that the strip of land was not there’s.

CorrectedThe neighbors would not concede that the strip of land was not theirs.


Item 2The night was cold and windy and the wolfs in the forest was howling.

CorrectedThe night was cold and windy, and the wolves in the forest were howling.


Item 3neither of the men were able to get loose from the tangle of fallen branchs.

CorrectedNeither of the men was able to get loose from the tangle of fallen branches.


Item 4from who did she borrow the necklace

CorrectedFrom whom did she borrow the necklace?


Item 5The cab droped she and her husband off at their apartment building.

CorrectedThe cab dropped her and her husband off at their apartment building.


Item 6After dismissing her maid she did all the cooking washed the dishes cleaned the linens and taken out the trash.

CorrectedAfter dismissing her maid, she did all the cooking, washed the dishes, cleaned the linens, and took out the trash.


Item 7I shouldn’t never have borrowed that necklace Mathilde cried.

Corrected“I should never have borrowed that necklace!” Mathilde cried.


Item 8“Its too costly to replace, she said.

Corrected“It’s too costly to replace,” she said.


Item 9Edgar Allan Poes frightenning tales often take place in creepy dark settings

CorrectedEdgar Allan Poe’s frightening tales often take place in creepy, dark settings.


Item 10when i read poes storys before going to bed i have aweful dreams said Shannon.

Corrected“When I read Poe’s stories before going to bed, I have awful dreams,” said Shannon.


Item 11Montresor said he was insulted he did not explain what happenned.

CorrectedMontresor said he was a insulted, but he did not explain what happened.


Item 12Whose the author of the short story the cask of Amontillado.

CorrectedWho’s the author of the short story “The Cask of Amontillado”?


Item 13Like I said before Ive already read some other stories by Poe

CorrectedAs I said before, I’ve already read some other stories by Poe.


Item 14For example i just read the tell-tale heart last week.

CorrectedFor example, I just read “The Tell-Tale Heart” last week.

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Proofreading Warm-up Item 1 The nieghbors would not cenceed that the strip of land was not there’s. Corrected The neighbors would not concede that the