Daily Editing Challenges

Language learners and native speakers alike: Are you ready for a challenge? I’ve made a mess of my writing and need YOUR help to fix it!

The paragraphs below each contain MORE THAN 30 MISTAKES, ranging from spelling, verb tense, punctuation… Anything’s game!

Lower-level learners, try to find at least 10 errors. Are you up to the challenge of fixing everything? Try your best, and check your answers on the second page. If you have any questions, arrange a meeting and I’ll be happy to walk you through it.

I hope your no tired of studying yet, because October it’s National Learning and Development month.  You also here alot about educational disabilities like ADHD, dyslexia, Down syndrome.  Head to school library during National Book Month to boost you health literacy, but no forget to full your stomach, too.  Cookbook Months’ specialties include apple chili cookies, and even pickled peppers, weather youre a vegetarian, pescatarian, or lover of deserts, remember that those whose eat better, eat together.

Happy Celebrate the Bilingual Child month (and no forget their amazing multilingual parent!  The cultural appreciation don’t stop there, a long with Oktoberfest, we hear in U.S. honor German- and Polish-Americans, as well as there tasty pretzels and sausages.  Italians-Americans established now-controversy Columbus Day to fight prejudice, but never hurt to celebrate pizza and pasta neither.  That said a big push for Indigenous Month on recent years paid homage to the reel first americans their contributions, and they’re loses.

Between the onset of fell and approach of the Halloween, there a lot of doom and gloom these time of year, none the less, it’s also Emotional Wellness Month.  If depressing thoughts start to menace, not rely to much in coffee or deserts to lift your mood and always remember god dental hygiene).  Instead, try listen to county music, visit a museum draw own pictures, or simply sit back and relax outside at a sunny day, enjoy the crazy antics of squirrel.

Lets not to forget Bat Appreciation Month as October drew to a close and Halloween loom.  No be scared – the ghosts and ghouls are hear to scare reel evil spirits away to prove that I mean not harm, we should probably to talk about safety.  Trick-or-treating childrens should accompanied by a adult, stay on sidewalks, adjust they’re costumes so noone trips.  Check you candy and no bullying!  Fortunately, is also National Crime Prevention month, online and in streets.

During pre-season train, 1965, university of Florida assistant foot ball coach Dewayne Douglas approached campus scientists for the big problem.  Him players can’t deal with the extreme heet.  To help Dr James Robert Cade and his teem of university researchers were developed a special beverage with salts and sugars, that speeded up the body’s process of replenish bodily fluids during exercise.  On Octeber 2, their named the finishing product Gatorade” on honor of the teams nickname, the gators (short by “alligator”.  Early versions tasted such terrible that they maid some players through up, but they’re are now almost two dozens of flavors.  Gatorade all so becamed center to a important football tradition twenty ears latter: pour a bucket above the winning coach’s of head.

Dave Kunst becamed the first people to walk all a way around the word (and have it independent verifyed) in October 5, 1974.  He starts out from Waseca, Minnesota for years earlier with her brother, Jhon, who killed by robbers at Afghanistan.  After the short break, Dave resumed his travels with other brother Peter who’s also dropped off later by healthy reasons.  Despite of every thing, Dave never gived up, by total, a journey taken 14.500 miles and 21 pears of shoes.  Another american, Christian Evangelist Arthur Blessitt, is walked even further.  Starting in 1968 and still going!  He’d trekked over 43,000 mills (70,000 kilometers, threw 324 country, all the while to carry a twelfth-feet cross on him back.

Of all an natural disasters fire are alot least common then they use to be.  Thats because every thing used to been made outof would – even the streets?  At Chicago, the “windy city), for example, they’re used to were too fires day.  The famousest occurred on October 8, 1871.  All taked was one cow kicked over a lantern to set on a inferno that blazed four two days.  Nearly twenty thousands buildings destroyed, more than two hundred peoples dead, and one hundredth thousand was lefted unhomed.  It weren’t all bad, thou.  A new modern city was rebuild from the ashes to became one most important economy and transport centrals of it’s day.

At october 13, 1884, scientist from a round the word meeted in Washington, DC, and agreed establish Greenwich, UK, as the prime Meridian.  Only France, Brazil, and Dominican Republic object.  That means that not only do this other wise misconsequential town of least than 300,000 residents officially dividing the Eastern Hemisphere from the western, but it also seats the standard for all time zone (puting the “G” in “GMT”.  Why.  Most foraners cant pronounce Greenwich, let aloan find it at a map!  Brief, the home of Britain Royal Observatory just so happens to all ready feature on almost three quarter of maps already in used.  Much more then the thrity another longitude systems availed by that times.

Early reviews of I Love Lucy, that premiered for first time on October 15 1951, was lackluster, yet it wood become the more popular show in television after just seventh months.  It even setted a world record as is the first regular scheduled Tv program to see in ten millions homes.  Lucille Ball the gorgeous but goofy redhead and suave Cuba actor Desi Arnaz couldnt to be more differently, but the real-life couples’ chemistry are undeniable, as well hilarious.  It was Lucy whose really stealed the show, broken all stereotypes and becaming the first women inducted in to The Television Academys Hall of Fame, he was even honor by a Presidential Medal of freedom on 1989

Frigid Alaska and Tropical Puerto Rico does no have alot at common: You could to fit 190 islands territorys in to we biggest state!  You known that they both come under U.S. possess at the same day though?  Most person though that William Seward was crazy for pick up cold, empty Alaska from the Russians.  Even if it did costs less then two sents a acre.  None the less, the deal gone through on October 18, 1867.  Puerto Rican, ontheotherhand, seized during Spanish-American war with almost know resistant, and that transfer became permanence in October 18, 1898.  To top it of, won year later, gold was discover in Alaska, what a good time to be american?

Alfred nobel born on Stockholm, Sweden on October 21, 1833.  Wanted two help mine works, he became to obsessed for find save, practical use for the volatile explosion, nitroglycerine.  He lost her brother at one failing experiment, but perseveres and finally patented dynamite on 1867.  Which made him quiet wealthy.  Poet and peace-loving, however, Alfred had deeply pained to learning how his invention was being repurpose four war, he dead heirless on December 10, 1896, leaving his grate fortune to the World.  The one Nobel prizes were awarded on the anniversary by his dead in 1901.  Honoring who helped humanity the more in fields of physics, chemistry, medicinal, literature, and piece, economics added from 1969.

The statue of liberty, or “Liberty Enlightening the World,” were a gift from France at the Declaration of Independences hundred anniversary.  That 151-feet colossus designed for Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and Gustave Eiffel (with Eiffel Tower fame).  The least screw was finally riveting in to place during an ceremony on October 28, 1886, and it soon became know, the world over.  As a welcoming beacon too all the “poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free” hopping find a knew start in America.  Other famous land mark, St. Louis Gateway Arch, has also completed on these day on 1965.  It’s commemorate the Louisiana Purchase.  Curving 630 foots height and 630 foot wide along side Mississippi River – the largest arch in a World.

Jane Austens first novle, “Sense and Sensibility, were published anonymous on October 30, 1811.  She would to complete tree more esteemed classics after she untimely death, six years latter, it’s a pity she didnt have enough since to start publish more early  .  An other famous artist whom no show many sensibility was Orson Welles.  On these same day on 1938, he broadcast a updated version of H.G. Wells’ science ficshon thriller the war of the Worlds in national radio.  Most listeners tune in late, at the middle of a orchestra performance repeat interrupted realistic reports of the extraterrestrial invasion.  This led to real-live panick all over the country as listeners desperation tried fleeing from a treat that don’t actually existing.

Michelangelo Buonarroti busy sculpting an marble tomb fore pope Julius II, where his boss ordered he to go paint the Sistine Chapels sealing instead.  Michelangelo no was happy, he has not previous experience with frescoes – but, at the end, you can argue with the Pope.  He spended the next for miserable years on her back, but the ending result, that opening to the public on november 1, 1512, remained one of the a lot treasured works of art in the word.  To saw it for you, youll have to visit the European union.  Which also celebrates it’s Birthday today.  Sense 1993 , it was growed from twelve two twenty six semi-independence nations.  The euro there common currency launched on 1999.

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All editing challenges are adapted from https://nationaltoday.com (2023) and https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history (2022-2023).