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  • Douglas packed a lot of things in his luggage before leaving for the trip.
    Fix the vague language; make it more precise
  • The hummingbird's wings blurred while it eagerly sips the sugar water from the feeder.
    Fix the verb tense consistency error.
  • Carla went on the roller coaster with he and Stella.
    Fix the pronoun error (he-->him).
  • The world’s largest chain, of coffee stores, Starbucks, is opening, a brand new store just around the corner.
    Remove the unnecessary commas.
  • Charlie and Rhonda purchased the home theyselves.
    Fix the pronoun error (theyselves --> themselves).
  • Viet, who desperately needed an idea for his paper—had a moment of brilliance at lunchtime.
    Fix the punctuation error.
  • "Michael just ate a hamster", Junie explained.
    Fix the punctuation error. Punctuation goes INSIDE the quotation marks.
  • Capote, my youngest dog, likes his belly scratched, after a snack.
    Fix the comma error.
  • Theodor Seuss Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss, wrote over (60 children's books).
    Fix the punctuation error.
  • Hoping to build stronger mussels, Scott went to the gym every day.
    Fix the spelling mistake (muscles).
  • Most people don't enjoy mustard on pickles, I do.
    Fix the run-on sentence (comma splice).
  • Felicia borrowed the book but she forgot to return it.
    Add a comma before the connector word (compound sentence).
  • The sign said there was roadwork ahead so he decided to slow down.
    Add a comma before the connector word (compound sentence).
  • I want to know whose coming to my birthday party.
    Fix the spelling mistake (who's).
  • The campers ate his s'mores around the campfire, and they were the perfect snack.
    fix the pronoun-antecedent agreement error
  • Since Stewart lost his lucky hat during the storm and bought a new one yesterday.
    Remove the unnecessary word.
  • Since she doesn't like bold colors she only paints with pastels.
    add a comma after the opener (AAAWWUBBIS word)
  • Barry the beaver put on his bathing suit ran across the street, and jumped into the swampy water.
    Add a comma in the list.
  • Pouring a large bowl of Cheerios and sitting down for his favorite Saturday breakfast.
    Fix the sentence fragment.
  • Since we submitted the best science project entry the teacher gave the award to Jimmy and me.
    Add the missing comma.
  • The fluffy pink unicorn ran across the field it flew above us.
    fix the run-on sentence
  • Facing his greatest fear.
    fix the sentence fragment
  • Henry walked to the park and sits on the bench next to his favorite chipmunk.
    Fix the verb tense consistency error.
  • I smashed my piggy bank, my most prized possession on a pile of sharp rocks.
    Add a comma to the interrupter.
  • Volunteers worked, to clean the gooey oil from animals rocks, and water.
    Fix the comma error.
  • The cats runs around the house, hoping to find a mouse.
    Fix the subject-verb agreement error.
  • The teachers at Mayberry Middle School gives too much homework.
    Fix the subject-verb agreement error.