Correction of misplaced modifier

1. Day 1 Because the Puritans supported education, all colonial towns almost had education. In 1642 the Massachusetts goverment ordered every town with at least 50 homes to hire someone to teach reading and writing. Correction of commonly misspelled word Spelling out numbers through one hundred Correction of misplaced modifier

2. Day 1 Because the Puritans supported education, almost all colonial towns had education. Correction of misplaced modifier In 1642 the Massachusetts government ordered every town with at least fifty homes to hire someone to teach reading and writing. Correction of commonly misspelled word Spelling out numbers through one hundred

3. Day 2 Boys studied latin, greek, and hebrew to prepare them for college. My sister Christine and myself didnt study a foreign language until we were in middle school. Use of apostrophe in a contraction Correct pronoun use Capitalization of names of languages

4. Day 2 Boys studied Latin, Greek, and Hebrew to prepare them for college. Capitalization of names of languages My sister Christine and Ididn’t study a foreign language until we were in middle school. Correct pronoun use Use of apostrophe in a contraction

5. Day 3 Puritan children read the New England Primer so they could learn to be polite, God fearing adults. Wow. It’s a difficult book to read. Use of exclamation point after interjection Use of hyphen with compound adjective Correct subordinating conjunction

6. Day 3 Puritan children read the New England Primer so that they could learn to be polite, God-fearing adults. Correct subordinating conjunction Use of hyphen with compound adjective Wow! It’s a difficult book to read. Use of exclamation point after interjection

7. Day 4 Young women in contrast were educated at home their studies were not intended to prepare them for college. Many girls were taught the following subjects reading, sewing, embroidery, cooking, and singing. Correct use of colon before a list Use of commas with interrupter Use of comma and coordinating conjunction to correct a run-on sentence

8. Day 4 Young women, in contrast, were educated at home, but their studies were not intended to prepare them for college. Use of commas with interrupter Use of commas and coordinating conjunction to correct a run-on sentence Many girls were taught the following subjects: reading, sewing, embroidery, cooking, and singing. Correct use of colon before a list

9. Day 5 Because there was no uniform school system, there was religious diversity in the middle colonies. Ben Franklin commented on the school system when he wrote “we have changed out forms of leadership but we have yet to effect a revolution in education.” Use of comma before conjunction in compound sentence Correction of faulty subordination Capitalization of first word of quotation Use of comma to set off a direct quotation

10. Day 5 Because there was religious diversity in the middle colonies, there was no uniform school system. Correction of faulty subordination Ben Franklin commented on the school system when he wrote, “We have changed out forms of leadership, but we have yet to effect a revolution in education.” Use of comma to set off a direct quotation Use of comma before conjunction in compound sentence Capitalization of first word of quotation