Baseball and Football Facts
Wednesday (February 17th)
Double Subject, Misplaced Modifier
Original Sentence
In 1951, a man he was the first midget named Eddie Gaedel to play major-league baseball.
Corrected Sentence
In 1951, a man named Eddie Gaedel was the first midget to play major-league baseball.
Friday (February 19th)
Subject-verb Agreement, Capitalization, Adjective (Articles)
Original Sentence
no woman have ever played in an Major-League Baseball game.
Corrected Sentence
No woman has ever played in a major-league baseball game.
Monday (February 22nd)
Numbers, Using the Right Word, Verb (Irregular), Plurals
Original Sentence
In 1919, 8 player on the Chicago White Sox taked money from gamblers to loose the World Series on purpose.
Corrected Sentence
In 1919, eight players on the Chicago White Sox took money from gamblers to lose the World Series on purpose.
Tuesday (February 23rd)
Capitalization, Comma (Dates), Sentence Fragment
Original Sentence
on April 8 1975, frank robinson the first black major-league baseball manager.
Corrected Sentence
On April 8, 1975, Frank Robinson became the first black major-league baseball manager.
Wednesday (February 24th)
Capitalization, Run-On Sentence, Using the Right Word
Original Sentence
the first Super Bowl was played in 1967 at the los angeles coliseum the Green Bay packers beet the Kansas City chiefs.
Corrected Sentence
The first Super Bowl was played in 1967 at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs.
OR
The first Super Bowl was played in 1967 at the Los Angeles Coliseum; the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs.
Thursday (February 25th)
Three Firsts
Numbers, Sentence Fragment, Verb (Irregular), Plurals, Adjectives (Articles), Double Subject
Original Paragraph
Take a look at these firsts! In 1927, Violet Cordery she becomed the first women to rive around the world, traveling 10,266 miles at twenty-four miles per hour. In 1951, Eddie Gaedel he became the first midget to play major league baseball. Isaac Murphy, a African American jockey, the first riders to win the Kentucky Derby 3 times. The next time someone tells you that you are the wrong sex, the wrong size, or a wrong anything, remember these facts. Then go for it!
Corrected Paragraph
