Sports Personalities
Monday
Subject-Verb Agreement, Word Sentence
Original Sentence
May Sutton Bundy were the first woman to win the Wimbledon Tennis Championship and become the champion.
Corrected Sentence
May Sutton Bundy was the first woman to win the Wimbledon Tennis Championship.
Tuesday
Capitalization, Comma (Appositives)
Original Sentence
anna Taylor a daring middle-aged schoolteacher was the first person ever to ride over niagara falls in a barrel.
Corrected Sentence
Anna Taylor, a daring middle-aged schoolteacher, was the first person ever to ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Wednesday
Quotation Marks, Capitalization, Period
Original Sentence
james J Corbett, ironically known as Gentleman Jim, became the first official Heavyweight Boxing champion.
Corrected Sentence
James J. Corbett, ironically known as "Gentleman Jim", became the first heavyweight boxing champion.
Thursday
Using the Right Word, Subject-Verb Agreement, Comma Splice
Original Sentence
The earliest ice skates was maid of bone, the first world-famous figure skater was Sonja Henie of Norway.
Corrected Sentence
The earliest ice skates were made of bone. The first world-famous figure skater was Sonja Henie of Norway.
Friday
Using the Right Word, Comma (unnecessary), Italics and Underlining, Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Original Sentence
Charles Lindbergh, sored threw the air as a sky diver before, they piloted his famous flight in The Spirit of St. Louis.
Corrected Sentence
Charles Lindbergh soared through the air as a sky diver before he piloted his famous flight in The Spirit of St. Louis.
Barreling Along
Capitalization, Comma (Appositives), Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement, Comma Splice, Italics and Underling
Original Paragraph
Last summer my family and I saw niagara falls, we put on yellow raincoats and rode on a tour boat, maid of the mist, up the river below the falls. As the water thundered around them, the guide told them that Anna Taylor a daring schoolteacher was the first person ever to ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel. My stomach turned upside down as I imagined her plummeting over the edge. Then I thought of our own teacher going over the falls in a barrel, I laughed out loud.
