Editing Challenges – November

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? Give it your best shot. Then, check your answer on the second page. If you have any questions, arrange a meeting and I can walk you through it.

All editing challenges are adapted from https://nationaltoday.com and https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history (2022-2024).

Holidays this Month…

November 1 “Europe & Michelangelo Unite”

November 2 “International Space Station”

November 3 “New York Skyscrapers”

November 4 “Carter Meets Tut”

November 5 “Guy Fawkes & Gals Vote”

November 6 “Lincoln, Davis, & Lenin”

November 7 “Roosevelt Breaks the Mold”

November 8 “The Power of X”

November 9 “Broken Glass, Fallen Wall”

November 10 “Sesame Street International”

November 11 “The War to End All Wars”

November 12 “Leotard Invents Trapeze”

November 13 “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”

November 14 “Moby Dick & Ruby Bridges”

November 15 “Investing in Xbox”

November 16 “Singing Nun vs. Wizard”

November 17 “Queen Elizabeth & Suez”

November 18 “Of Clocks & Mice”

November 19 “Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address”

November 20 “Garrett Morgan: Inventor”

November 21 “Soaring to New Heights”

November 22 “Who Killed JFK?”

November 23 “Who’s Doctor Who?”

November 24 “Charles & Erasmus Darwin”

November 25 “Trujillo & the Butterfly Sisters”

November 26 “Giving Thanks in America”

November 27 “Black Friday Crusade”

November 28 “Magellan & the Pirates”

November 29 “Israel: Rebirth of a Nation”

November 30 “Hit by Meteorites”

It’s not surprise that November its Adopt a Turkey Month, but have you heared about Manatee Awareness Month.  Mans have to choice between resembling one or another during No-Shave November if your looking for another way to fell manly, it also Repair Done Right month.  Than again, the implication there is that you probably better off call a professional than trying to fixing the dishwasher you.  As long as they arrives at time, try be civilian about it.

Now that the worse of Halloween sugar rush it is over, parents can to go back to appreciating her kids.  Some country even celebrate this as Childrens’ Month or, if you not have any of you’re own, adoption month, college is expensive, so dont forget Scholarship Month, neither.  Regardless of age, every one is encouraged for pick up a pen (or keyboard) that November for National Novel Writing Month.  Can you finish a 50.000 story (roughly to hundreds pages) in threety days.

Familys come in all shape and sizes, and we celebrate all they’re stories this november.  First, we honor Veterans and the love ones who support they.  Families to Native American heritage remind our that the Pilgrims wouldn’t get far with out Squanto’s help.  Loosed brothers and sisters remembered during Worldwide Bereaved Siblings Month, and we also recognized the challenged work of homecare and hospice worker, thank for make the world a best place during Inspirational Role Models month!

I’m no roast you: November is National Gratitude month I am grateful for all the grate food!  Turkey Day a side, rice, peppers pomegranates, raisin breads, banana pudding, and peanutbutter all got special recognize, too.  This time of year it especially difficult if you suffering form diabetes or follow gluten-free diet.  Still, being thankfull for the many good things in our lifes can to help us make most of even bad situations, like need to past on the pie.

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.

Largest object on are solar system is, of course, the son, but where it’s the largest men-made object in the space?  The International Space Station?  It isn’t amazing what we can accomplish when every one work togather?  Beganing in 1998, five spaces agencies, representing fivteen countis, collaborated four ten yeas to built the original structure.  Which is approximate the size same to football field and orbit 250 miles above earths’ surface.  The first long term residents move in on November 2, 2000: Russian Yuri Gidzenk and Sergei Krikalev, and American Bill Shepherd.  The trio remained on board until March 21.  After a new group have arrived to relieve they, since than, the ISS have received over two hundreds visitors, most scientists.

There no dout about it – New York it’s a city of skyscrapers  .  The worlds oldest survive high-rise is Temple Court Building.  Erected in 1883.  During 1930s, the Empire State And Chrysler Buildings competing to set the world record four tall, a accomplishment that standed unchallenged for nearly fourty years.  Until the original World Trade Center goes up near by.  Tragic, the ‘Twin Towers” was destroyed on terrorist attack, but, in they’re honor, a new record-breaking skyscraper constructed on the same site.  At exactly 1.776 foot tall, One World Trade Center May only is the eight tallest building in the word today, but its number one at Western Hemisphere.  It opened to public November 3 2014.

You can imagine to be throw into the position of runing the most powerful empire in the world in ate years old?  If that wasnt stressless enough, pour Tutankhamun suffering from bad health him entire live and dies extreme young at eighty.  It’s not wonder, than, that he largely forgot by history after such a short rain, ironic, know “King Tut” is arguably most famous of all egyptian pharaohs.  His tomb was discovering Britain archaeologist Howard Carter in Luxors Valley of the Kings in November 4, 1922.  It may have was the most small , but it was all so the only one to escaped millenniums of the grave robbers complete intact.  Its a priceless treasure trove of both golds and knowing.

There more than one way two protest you’re government?  At November 5, 1872, four example, suffragist Susan B Anthony arrested for vote illegally.  She has hoped to fight for womens’ writes all the way upto supreme court, but was thwarting buy a savvy judge  .  An more explosive (and equally dissuccessful) approach were the Gunpowder Plot off 1605, unhappy for the Church of Englands treatment of Catholics, Robert Catesby concocted a plane to blown up Parliament whale King James I attending.  Some one tiped off a lord however and Guy Fawkes was find with twenty barrel of gunpowder just on time.  Guy Fawkes Night it’s still celebrated every year.  Commemorating these close call with bonfirs and fire works.

You know that Abraham Lincoln and her Confederate usurper, Jefferson Davis, was elected President on the same day, exact one year a part?  Things no work out well four either men, but Vladmir Lenin have many better luck after he to rose too power in November 6  .  The russians had already try overthrow there government twelfth years early, but czar Nicholas conned them in to gave him an second chance.  Things getted ever worst during the World War I, and ousting Nicholas again in March, 1917 didnt to help, so not one really tried to stop Lenin when she marched into St. Petersburg his Bolshevik followers.  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were borned on that day.  The worlds’ first communist State.

George Washington the only us president elected unanimous were easily popular enuff to continue rule for the rest of her live.  He hated king, though, and wanted set a president by limit his time at office to just too terms.  All his successes followed these example.  Until Franklin Roosevelt get himselves elected four the forth time on November 7 1944.  Who know how lung the american people would have continuing to support the men who lead them threw the great Depression and many of the World War II if the stress hasn’t literally kill him a year latter.  Just be safe, Congress passed the 22^st Amendment in 1951.  Officially limiting Presidential tenure to an maximus of ate years?

Xrays our one of sciences happy little accident that change the word.  On November 8, 1895 German physics Wilhelm Röntgen testing weather beams of electrons could to passing threw glass.  Suddenly he noticed strange green glow coming form the other side of room, a screen coating with platinocyanide was reacted to some unknowed (or “X” rays, know recognized electromagnetic energy waves, onethousands times shorter then regular lite.  Experimenting farther, Röntgen learned this rays could penetrate most thing, include human flesh, but note higher-density substances liking bone or led they could also photographed.  This discovery revolutionizes the field of medicine practically over night, and Röntgen had received the very oneth Nobel Prize in physics on 1901.

Berliners have did more than they’re fare share of break things, especially on november 9.  First, their were the “Night of Broken Glass, begin of an end four millions of jews living on German and recently-invaded Austria in 1938.  Of response to won 17-yearold Polish boy killing one low-level German diplomat, the Nazis launch a camping of terrorism these evening.  Smashing thousands windows and arresting 30,000 man.  Things would to get much, much worst for there, misfortunately, but a knew day finally dawns on November 9 1989, when Berlin Wall, a long-standing cymbal of the cold war, final opened.  Familys separate for years could finally reunited, and the citizens celebrate by gleefully reduced too rubble.

Wood it surprise you too lean that Sesame Street it’s no only one of the longest-running shows from television, but also wideliest viewed childs’ program in the world.  The original, U.S. version debuted on November 10, 1969 Creator Joan Ganz Cooney wants to helping underprivilege children prepare four kindergarten .  For make the show entertain as well as education, he asked Jim Henson to desing a diverse quirky cast of Muppet puppets to accompany the humans actors.  Who forget giggles Elmo trash-loving Oscar, or eight-foots-tall Big Bird?  With in tree years, international spin-offs was already in the works at both Mexico or Brazil, and today.  They’re are more than thrity officially co-produce adaptations broadcast in 1,50 diffrent country. 

At the eleven our of the elevenst day of eleventh moth on 1918, the world war i–the “War to End all Wars” – finally came to a end.  Germans had already surrender at five oclock that mourning, but authorities purpose stalled six hours for a grander poetry affect which ended up costing three thousands additionally lifes.  Nine million already died and twenty-one million wounds, who cared.  That wasn’t the only lesson world leaders had failed to learn.  Just too decades later, all there hardly won piece has fell to peaces as most man were needed then even before to fed the insatiable war machine, congress voted lower the draft age to eightteen on these day, two, in 1942?

All though frenchmen Jules Léotard had want to become a lawyer, his fathers decision opening up a gym would ultimately to decide her fate.  Jules becomed quiet talent on the parallel bars, but for a extra challenge, won day he decides to suspend a bars by to ropes hanging form the sealing.  Single-handedly inventing an art for trapeze.  He introduced the world on November 12, 1859, on the Cirque Napoléon on Paris.  His skin-tied, one-peace out-fit, all sew of his own desine, leaved just as many of an impressive with the audience “leotards” have been a main stay of gymnastic ever sense.  Misfortunately, Jules died young, at just twenty-ate – no because he ever used a safety net, but by smallpox.

United State had, arguably, winning there “war” on Vietnam, but after tweny years they choose to with draw and leaf their allies to be overruns because everincreasing resistant at the home.  Much returned soldiers was actually scorned, but Vietnam Veterans memorial finally dedicated on November 13 1982.  Maya Lin’s simple conception of an V-shaped, mirrored black wall with the names to all 57,939 Americas who had loosed they’re lifes was controversial in first, but today its one off the most-visited sights in Washington dc.  Sad, we never due learn.  This was all so the same day which the U.S. troops took control with Kabul, the Capital of Afghanistan, 2001.  An other long war that wood ends of failure.

Moby Dick, publish for first time on November 14, 1851 tell the story of ships captain which becomes such obsessed with hunted down a in famous white wale that leads to her own ruins  .  Other example of a dangers from fanatical one-mindedness can to be sawn in the case off Ruby Bridges.  Who, at only six year old, also make history on these same day on 1960 just buy trying too go school, because she black, a furious mob of white segregationists surged around her and federal marshal escort.  Shout death threats at a tiny girl.  We needed more brave little Rubys in world right know, and alot few hate full, destruction captain Ahabs.

If you lick make money, then you probably would appreciate visiting New York on november 15, 1867, when the one stock ticker unveiled, availing investors with uptotheminute price , suddenly, invest became alot interestinger – a game to be one!  Other, more literal, revolushon in game also taked place at this day.  In 2001, microsoft released first video gaming system to boats top-of-the-line PC technological.  Such as a internal hard disk drive, an high-speed Ethernet connectivity, development and costs was such expensive that early Xbox consoles actually selled at a lost – the company losed 4$ million .  Fortunate, it’s equally revolutionary title game, “Halo,” insured the brands initial survival.  And over an hundreds millions units sold sense.

Loose inspired the autobiography of Maria von Trapp, who really did gave up his calling as an nun to mary in to a family of music performers and abandoned Austria after the Nazi invade.  The sound of music premiered at Broadway on November 16, 1959.  Much liberties were took with the remainder “facts” but compelling story star-studded cats and unforget music made the play a smashed success .  Six years latter, the movie version released, one off the most highest-grossing film ever produce.  Harry Potter, an other record breaker, jumped directly to book from film on these days aswell, when the first movie come out by 2001, sense than, the entire series all together have grossed near ate billions dollars world wide.

Protestant all over English celebrated the new on November 17 1558, which ‘Bloody Mary” had dyed and her sister, Elizabeth, is finally Queen.  A English renaissance preceeded of religion tolerance, art (you welcome, Shakespeare), and word domination.  You don’t mess with “Virgin Queen” –he got a entire county addict to opium because they wouldnt to trade with she.  In another world news, Suez Canal opened on this same day on 1869, connecting east and West like ever befor.  The project begin as the international endeavor, but with in seven ears Great Britain had became the most large shareholder.  One thing lead to an other, and in 1882 invaded Egypt.  Take control of the hole country .  Elizabeth would had been pride.

Steamships and locomotives revolutionized the world in more ways than you may think.  Before trains came along, people had always set their clocks based on local solar activity.  As a result, practically every small town in America had a different official time, a logistical nightmare for the powerful railroad companies.  Representatives in both the United States and Canada finally gathered to establish the four standard time zones: Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific.  These changes went into effect nationwide on November 18, 1883, known in many cities as the “Day of Two Noons.”  This is also the day, in 1928, that two little mice made big waves with the release of Walt Disney’s “Steamboat Willie.”  Happy birthday Mickey and Minnie!

Battle of Gettysburg often considered to be the turning point of America Civil War.  Ending the Confederacys push in to Northern States.  Also the most costliest battle of the War, with over fivety thousands casualties.  President Lincoln have alot think about on his way too dedicate the new military cementary their for months later, on November 19 , 1863.  During a ceremony, Lincoln said what he had to said with under tree minutes.  The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.  To the contrary, “Gettysburg Address” it’s still treasures today as one of the powerfulest Presidential speech ever.

Garrett Morgan, was born to ex-slaves, never received more then a elementary-scool educate, but him inventions had saved million of lifes.  First, he improves sewing machine, that lead strangely enough to her accidental discover of a popular hare-straightening product.  From their, always wanted to help anothers.  Morgan setted about developed a safety hood to help firefighter breath in a toxic conditions.  Little he did knew that his 1914 patent wood become the prototype for a first WWI gas masks?  Furthermore , after witnesses terrible car accident, Morgan decided that best traffic signals could prevented the tragedy.  His new desing, patent on november 20, 1923, was the fist to include a yellow warning lit.  The modal we continue to using to day.

While men has dream of soaring like eagles four time immemorial.  It did no become reality until late eighteen century.  First comed the “ornithopter,” founded in only the most obscurest record.  A glider with flap wings, this Germany invent never really took of popularity-wise)  Thats because, just one years later, two french brother, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier, were discovering that lighted fire under fabric bags would to make them raise.  They thought it because of the smoke, knot a heat, but clothes enough.  On November 21 , the Marquis d’Arlandes and the friend made the very first untethered hot-air balloon flied.  They float over Paris for twenty-five minutes.  Travellling five and a halve miles, before touched lightly back to earth.

Was moon landing faked.  Covid-19 was planed?  Was earth actually flat?  Here other classic conspiracy theory fore you: Who was killed JFK?  US. president Jhon F. Kennedy was shoot in broad day light in November 22, 1963.  Lee Harvey Oswald a ex-marine with Thais to Soviet Union and Cuba, were arrested hours later.  Accused of fire on the President by a near by building, ware he worked.  She had also witnessed murdering a police man whom tried to questioning he in the street afterwards.  Misfortunately, Oswald was himself killing too days late.  Was a cover-up?  Had their was an second shooter?  Many even believe CIA involved, upsetted about the cuban Bay of Pigs Invade.  What you think.

What is the most long-runing scientist fiction show on television history.  Who?  That is, Doctor Who, first airing buy the BBC on November 23 1963.  These date celebrated by an hundreds millions fans world wide as TARDIS Day, on honor if the Doctors time-travelling, police-box spaced ship  .  Have all of time and space to protecting have certainly keeped him (and recently, she) busy over the year, but it all so help that.  Being a immortal Time Lord, them have the ability to “transform” in to a knew body when serious injury.  They’re have been threeteen doctors so far, the original series cancelled in 1989, but resumes again in 2005.  A whopping ninty-seven episodes was also destroyed by fier or, incredibly, tapped over.

Charles Darwin knowed as the Father of modern biologist today, but she was far form alone in him “discovery” to evolution.  By fact, his own grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, was proposed the idea that live have developed from single common ancestor back on 1794 – she just couldnt figuring out how?  Charles traveles the world four five years and continued to researching at home for other dozen until finally hiting up on natural selection in 1944, all the peace of the puzzle finally maked since.  But he were scarred to publish his find, knowed the Church would not to be happy.  Despite, when On the Origin of Species finally was releasing on november 24, 1859.  It completely selled out at only one day.

Rafael Trujillo dominated Dominican Republic four thirty years as the brutal dictator.  Massacring ten of thousand.  The tree “Butterfly Sisters, Patricia Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabel, did no let this to stop they from speak out, however.  By Minerva it was personal: A despot has been harassing her for years, ever sense  she rejected his at the party.  The sisters fighted back buy raised awareness, and for these, beat to dead on November 25 1960.  Of all Trujillos atrocities, this lighted the bigest fire under the dominican people, and he assassinated with in the year.   Today, the sisters sacrifice it’s still honored all over Caribbean and beyond as international day for the eliminate of violence against Woman.

Thanksgiving it’s American holiday meaning to gather with family, ate lot of foods, and express you gratitude for have both.  Supposedly , in 1621 , the Pilgrims invited they’re neighbors, the Wampanoags, to feast togather as a token of appreciate to helping they survive there first harsh year in massachusetts.  As most patriotic narratives, these story contain only the tinyest nugget of true, but promote thankfulness is never the bad thing.  George Washington was declaring first nation wide “day of thanksgiving” in Thursday November 26 1777, after wining a major victory at Saratoga.  And again in 1789 to honoring the new constitution.  It wasnt until 1863, however, President Lincoln designates the four Thursday of each November as a annual holidays.

If your dun giving thank this week, lets to move on to our tradition greed-fueled rampage for the name of God.  No, no Christmas shopping in black Friday – I talking about the Crusades (which almost as violence!  It was November 27, 1095, that Pope Urban II made her famous declaration calling all devout christians to join him in him divinity quest for reclaim a Holy Land.  The Seljuk Turks had overran Jerusalem in 1071 and banned all no Muslims pilgrims, now, they want to seize Constantinople, to .  As many as 100,000 crusaders joined Pope, finally retaked Jerusalem on 1099 Urban died to weeks later.  Seven more Crusades will followed, but this were the only successful won?

On November 28 1520 Ferdinand Magellan becomed first Europe to enter the Pacific Ocean to Atlantic it have also good day at sea on 1717 for Edward teach, aka. the fearful pirate Blackbeard.  Maraud in the West Indies, he layed her hands up on a enormous, fourty-gun french slave ship .  The Queen Anne’s Revenge wood ran a ground in less than an year, already as much of a legend by than as it’s demonic captain.  Tree years later, least fortunately, fellow pirates Mary Read and Anne Bonny captured and sentenced to be hang.  Pregnant winned they both convenient stay of execution, yet read still dead at prison, Bonnys fate remain unknow to that day.

Center to three major religious, Jerusalem has fought over four centuries.  When more and mooe displaced Jews from Europe begun pouring in to the Holy land – then, British-controlled Palestine – during the early twenty century, the crown originally favored Local Arabs after the Holocaust, however, attitudes shift.  At November 29, 1947, the United Nations voted set a side a large portion of highly-coveted palestinian territory to creating anew Jewish State.  British left, and Israel was reborn, the very next day, furious at being shutted out from an entire process, it’s Muslim neighbors invaded.  Astounding, not only the Israelis were successful in repel this attack.  But they winned even more land, left the Palestinian with next to nothing.

Space debry constantly burning up at our atmosphere, but as many fivety largest meteorites hit a surface dayly.  Why it is, then, that we dont sea more of they.  Incredibly, they’re is only one recorded in modern history of an human was hitted by the space rock.  Pour Elizabeth Hodges was napped on her couch in Alabama, in November 30, 1954, when a grapefruit-size meteorite crashed threw his roof, bounced of the radio, and struck him on hip.  Luckily, she suffers no more then a bruise large.  On 1911, the dog in Egypt dead.  Before that, you has to gone all the way back to ancient china to find an records of killer rocks to the sky!

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