Can you please let me knoe if I punctuated the follwing sentences correctly:
1. The War for Independence began in 1176, and it didi not end until 1781.
2. During this war, many men died, their death gained the freedoms that we enjoy today.
3.Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence; it declared the colonies to be "free and independent."
4. Nathan Hale, an American spy, was captured and sentenced by the British; he set a memorable example by the way he bravely faced death.
5. Goerge Washington, general of the American army, trusted in God, he often knelt in the snow to pray for his men.
6. Thomas Paine was a pampheteer during the War for Independence; his most famous pamphlet was entitled The Crisis.
7. John Paul Jones did his fighting at sea: he was captain of the American ship Bonhomme Richard.
8. The Americans trusted in God and prayed often, and He ultimately gave them the victory.
Five of your sentences are punctuated correctly. :-)
However, please look again at sentences 2, 5, and 7.
1. change didi to did
2. the second comma should be a semicolon to avoid a run-on sentence.
3. & 4. = OK
5. Goerge should be George but the third comma should be a semicolon, for the same reason as above.
6. is OK
7. not the colon: but semicolon ;
8. good
Sra
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To check the punctuation of the sentences, we can go through each sentence one by one to identify any errors or improvements that can be made.
1. The War for Independence began in 1176, and it did not end until 1781.
- The punctuation in this sentence is correct. It uses a comma to separate the two independent clauses.
2. During this war, many men died, their death gained the freedoms that we enjoy today.
- There is an error in this sentence regarding pronoun agreement. It should be "their deaths" instead of "their death." Additionally, there should be a comma before "their deaths" to separate the dependent clause from the independent clause.
- Corrected Sentence: During this war, many men died, and their deaths gained the freedoms that we enjoy today.
3. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence; it declared the colonies to be "free and independent."
- The punctuation in this sentence is correct. It uses a semicolon to separate two related independent clauses.
4. Nathan Hale, an American spy, was captured and sentenced by the British; he set a memorable example by the way he bravely faced death.
- The punctuation in this sentence is correct. It uses a semicolon to separate two related independent clauses.
5. George Washington, general of the American army, trusted in God, he often knelt in the snow to pray for his men.
- There is an error in this sentence regarding the conjunction "and." It should be included before "he often knelt."
- Corrected Sentence: George Washington, general of the American army, trusted in God, and he often knelt in the snow to pray for his men.
6. Thomas Paine was a pamphleteer during the War for Independence; his most famous pamphlet was entitled The Crisis.
- The punctuation in this sentence is correct. It uses a semicolon to separate two related independent clauses.
7. John Paul Jones did his fighting at sea: he was captain of the American ship Bonhomme Richard.
- The punctuation in this sentence is correct. It uses a colon to introduce the second independent clause.
8. The Americans trusted in God and prayed often, and He ultimately gave them the victory.
- There is an error in this sentence regarding the conjunction "and." It should be replaced with a comma before "and He ultimately gave them the victory."
- Corrected Sentence: The Americans trusted in God and prayed often, and He ultimately gave them the victory.
So, to summarize, there were a few errors in sentences 2 and 5 that needed to be corrected. The revised sentences would be:
2. During this war, many men died, and their deaths gained the freedoms that we enjoy today.
5. George Washington, general of the American army, trusted in God, and he often knelt in the snow to pray for his men.