Editing

What grammar rule(s) should be applied here?

It was a cold night in December some days after Christmas.

• Adding a semicolon

• It is correct.

• Breaking it into two sentences

Answer explanation

Adding a semicolon or breaking it into two sentences would enhance readability.

For example:

"It was a cold night in December; some days after Christmas."

or

"It was a cold night in December. Some days after Christmas."

What grammar rule(s) should be applied here?

The doors unlocked, but Michael was still in the park.And then this shadow took him away.

• Punctuation

• It is correct.

• Space after period.

Answer explanation

The doors unlocked, but Michael was still in the park. And then, this shadow took him away.

Added a period after "the park" for a clear separation of ideas and a comma before "this" to improve the flow and clarity of the sentence.

What grammar rule(s) should be applied here?

Suddenly I saw a light the biggest light I had ever seen and that was the day that I died.

• Add commas for clarity

• It is correct.

• Add dashes to create pauses

Answer explanation

Suddenly, I saw a light – the biggest light I had ever seen – and that was the day that I died.

Here, I added commas and dashes to create pauses and separate the phrases, making it easier to follow the sequence of events.

What grammar rule(s) should be applied here?

Surrounded with glittering skyscrapers high over the narrow and dark streets, anyone could notice that there was once a very clear line dividing these two ends of society.

• Proper preposition use.

• It is correct.

• Run on sentence

Answer explanation

Surrounded by glittering skyscrapers high above the narrow and dark streets, anyone could notice that there was once a very clear line dividing these two ends of society."

-Adjusted "with" to "by" for proper preposition use

• - Changed “over” for “above” to clarify the spatial relationship.

What grammar rule(s) should be applied here?

Elara became an overnight sensation, her invention hailed as the greatest scientific achievement of the century.

• Verb use: passive voice

• It is correct.

• Run on sentence

Answer explanation

While adding "was" before "hailed" is not strictly necessary, it could be used to provide a more explicit verb tense:

"Elara became an overnight sensation, her invention was hailed as the greatest scientific achievement of the century."

What grammar rule(s) should be applied here?

Once two months, the king of the village chooses 3 rabbits to go into the city for 2 weeks and give lucky pennies to as many people as possible and the rabbit that gets more people gets to be the leader of the village for a week.

• consistency

• clarity

• Sentence structure

Answer explanation

Every two months, the village king selects three rabbits to go into the city for two weeks, giving lucky pennies to as many people as possible. The rabbit who reaches the most people gets to be the leader of the village for a week.

1. -Changed "Once two months" to "Every two months" for clearer frequency.

2. -Altered "chooses 3 rabbits" to "selects three rabbits" for grammatical consistency.

3. -Rearranged the sentence structure to improve clarity and flow.

4. -Used parallel structure by repeating the "to go" and "to be" phrases for consistency.

What grammar rule(s) should be applied here?

The story starts with ben a famous scientist working under the police force he was in the mountains studying the rain when suddenly a lightning strikes and get knocked unconscious for 6 months

• commas to separate clauses

• Verb tense consistency

• Capitalization

Answer explanation

The story starts with Ben, a famous scientist working under the police force. He was in the mountains studying the rain when suddenly lightning struck, knocking him unconscious for 6 months.

1. -Capitalize "Ben".

2. -Used commas to separate clauses and improve sentence structure.

3. -Ensured subject-verb agreement, such as changing "lightning strikes" to "lightning struck."

What grammar rule(s) should be applied here?

The ref wasn't calling fouls and weird penalties, but Ronaldo was not paying to much attention to it, thinking it was just some ref mistakes.

• commas to separate clauses

• Spelling

• Capitalization

Answer explanation

The ref wasn't calling fouls and weird penalties, but Ronaldo was not paying too much attention to it, thinking it was just some referee mistakes.

Corrected "to" instead of "too" for the proper usage in "paying too much attention," and added "eree" to "ref" for the correct spelling.

What grammar rule(s) should be applied here?

There was a profesor at that time called Patrick, but everybody called him profesor P.

• commas to separate clauses

• Spelling

• Capitalization

Answer explanation

There was a professor at that time called Patrick, but everybody called him Professor P.

Corrected the spelling of "profesor" to "professor".

What grammar rule(s) should be applied here?

In the television a kid of 9 years called dexter Anderson saw that they are going to launch the biggest mall in the world, The name was Globomall,

• verb tense consistency

• Proper preposition

• Capitalization

Answer explanation

On the television, a 9-year-old kid named Dexter Anderson saw that they were going to launch the biggest mall in the world. The name was Globomall.

1. -Changed "In the television" to "On the television" for better preposition use.

2. -Adjusted "are going" to "were going" for consistency in verb tenses.

3. -Added a period after "world" and capitalized "The" for proper punctuation and sentence structure.