Comma (to separate phrases and clauses), verbs (irregular), Hyphen (Single-thought adjectives)

Original Sentence

When their troop carrying steamship sank off the coast of South Africa in 1942 about 700 men were ate by sharks.

Corrected Sentence

When their troop-carrying steamship sank off the coast of South Africa in 1942, about 700 men were eaten by sharks.

 

Friday

Comma (to separate phrases and clauses), Plurals, Numbers, Adjective (Comparative/Superlative)

Original Sentence'

Measuring almost five inchs long the Goliath beetle is the most big bug in the world.

Corrected Sentence

Measuring almost 5 inches long, the Goliath beetle is the biggest bug in the world.

Using the Right Word, Parallelism

Original Sentence

Centipedes have alot of legs, two poison fangs, and they have three pears of jaws.

Corrected Sentence

Centipedes have a lot of legs, two poison fangs, and three pairs of jaws.

 

Verb (irregular), Comma (to separate phrases and clauses) Capitalization, Hyphen (Single-thought Adjectives), Plurals

Original Paragraph

Sharks aren't the best loved animals in the world.  When the nova scotia sinked off the coast of africa in 1942 about 700 men were killed by sharks.  This kind of publicity gived sharks an even worse reputation.  People have had a hard time forgiving and forgetting, even though fewer than 100 shark attacks are reported each year, and most attacks do not result in life threatening injurys or death.

Corrected Paragraph

Sharks aren't the best-loved animals in the world.  When the Nova Scotia sank off the coast of Africa in 1942, about 700 men were killed by sharks.  This kind of publicity gave sharks an even worse reputation.  People have had a hard time forgiving and forgetting, even though fewer than 100 shark attacks are reported each year, and most attacks do not result in life-threatening injuries or death.