The Environment and You
Tuesday
Comma, Combining Sentences, Hyphen (single-thought adjectives)
Original Sentence
Pollution filled smoke rains back to our earth as acid rain. It damages forests and lakes.
Capitalization, Wordy Sentence, Adjective (article)
Original Sentence
A pesticide is an chemical used to kill Insects and make them die.
Corrected Sentences
Pollution-filled smoke rains back to our earth as acid rain, damaging forests and lakes.
A pesticide is a chemical used to kill insects.
Wednesday
Using the Right Word, Comma (interruptions), Dash
Original Sentence
The affects of pesticides unfortunately cause many Americans to get sick and some dye.
Corrected Sentence
The effects of pesticides, unfortunately, cause many Americans to get sick - and some die.
Thursday
Comma, Using the Right Word, Numbers
Original Sentence
While it takes a soda can about five hundred years to decay a glass bottle may remain unchanged fore a million years.
Corrected Sentence
While it takes a soda can about 500 years to decay, a glass bottle may remain unchanged for a million years.
Friday
Subject-Verb Agreement, Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement, Capitalization, Hyphen (Single-thought Adjectives)
Original Sentence
The Cuyahoga river in cleveland were once so polluted that it had 18 inch grease balls floating in them.
Corrected Sentence
The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland was once so polluted that it had 18-inch grease balls floating in it.
Environmentally Friendly
Wordy Sentence, Comma, Dash, Subject-Verb Agreement, Adjective (Articles)
Original Paragraph
Which takes longer to totally break down and decay: a soda can or a glass bottle? While it take an aluminum metal soda can about 500 years to decay the ordinary glass bottle may remain unchanged and stay the same for a million years. Well, I guess that makes sense. I'm not surprised who ever heard of a genie in a soda can anyway?
