Editing Review

What change should be made in the following sentence?

This rise in cities steel supplies would not have occurred without the work of Henry Bessemer.

• change rise to raise

• change cities to cities'

• insert a comma after supplies

• change would not have occurred to will not have occurred

What change should be made in the following sentence?

Before Bessemer's invention, steel was costly to make, so most businesses rely upon iron.

• change Bessemer's to Bessemers

• change invention to invension

• change rely to relied

• change iron to Iron

What change should be made in the following sentence?

This way of making steel permanently changed the appearance of large cities such as pittsburgh.

• change permanently to perminently

• change changed to changes

• change large to largest

• change pittsburgh to Pittsburgh

What change should be made in the following sentence?

A sudden supply of steel led to the construction of many skyscrapers bridges, and railroad tracks.

• change led to lead

• change construction to construcshen

• change of many to for many

• insert a comma after skyscrapers

What change should be made in the following sentence?

A sudden supply of steel led to the construction of many skyscrapers bridges, and railroad tracks.

• change led to lead

• change construction to construcshen

• change of many to for many

• insert a comma after skyscrapers

What change should be made in the following sentence?

Bessemer discovered a knew way to make this strong, but lightweight, building material.

• change discovered to will discover

• change knew to new

• change this to these

• no change is needed

What change should be made in the following sentence?

Tall buildings and sturdy bridges could be constructed, railroad tracks could connect distant places.

• Tall buildings and sturdy bridges could be constructed, since railroad tracks could connect distant places.

• Tall buildings and sturdy bridges could be constructed, but railroad tracks could connect distant places.

• Tall buildings and sturdy bridges could be constructed, and railroad tracks could connect distant places.

• Tall buildings and sturdy bridges could be constructed, so railroad tracks could connect distant places.

What change should be made in the following sentence?

They think that playing the violin is boring but I disagree.

• change violin to Violin

• insert a comma after boring

• change disagree to disagreeing

• no change is needed

What change should be made in the following sentence?

Friendships form as you rehearse together and push each other to do you're best.

• change Friendships to Freindships

• change as to until

• change rehearse to will rehearse

• change you're to your

What change should be made in the following sentences?

All of the effort you invest. In developing your skills is worth it when you perform on stage before an appreciative crowd.

• All of the effort you invest in developing your skills is worth it. When you perform on stage before an appreciative crowd.

• All of the effort you invest in developing your skills is worth it when you perform on stage before an appreciative crowd.

• All of the effort, you invest in developing your skills. Is worth it when you perform on stage before an appreciative crowd.

• All of the effort you invest, in developing your skills is worth it when you perform on stage before an appreciative crowd.