Air and Water Pollution
Monday
Using the Right Word, Comma Splice
Original Sentence
In 1981, a brewery in Washington pored 500,000 gallons of beer into Capitol Lake, about 50,000 fish were found dead one weak later.
Corrected Sentence
In 1981, a brewery in Washington poured 500,000 gallons of beer into Capital Lake. About 50,000 fish were found dead one week later.
Tuesday
Capitalization, Comma (Appositives), Adjective (Comparative/Superlative)
Original Sentence
lake Erie the fourth most large great lake was once declared dead by scientists because it was so polluted.
Corrected Sentence
Lake Erie, the fourth largest Great Lake, was once declared dead by scientists because it was so polluted.
Wednesday
Abbreviations, Comma (To Separate Phrases and Clauses)
Original Sentence
Without cooling water the temperature inside a nuclear reactor may reach 4,000˚.
Corrected Sentence
Without cooling water, the temperature inside a nuclear reactor may reach 4,000 degrees.
Subject-Verb Agreement, Abbreviations
Original Sentence
About 407 million gallons of oil is shipped to the U.S. every day.
Corrected Sentence
About 407 million gallons of oil are shipped to the United States every day.
Friday
Using the Right Word, Abbreviations, Verb (Tense)
Original Sentence
Pollution-control laws decrease the amount of led in the air by 55% between 1976 and 1980.
Corrected Sentence
Pollution-control laws decreased the amount of lead in the air by 55 percent between 1976 and 1980.
A Great Lake, Again
Comma (Appositives), Using the Right Word, Comma Splice, Adjective (Comparative/Superlative), Abbreviations
Original Paragraph
How do environmentalists clean up a lake? Lake Erie the fourth most largest of the Great Lakes was once declared dead by scientists because it was so polluted. A great number of fish had dyed, and swimming was unsafe. In 1972, the governments of Canada and the U.S. agreed to clean up the lake, today it is alive again. This major success story can serve as an example of how too restore other freshwater lakes who are in trouble.
