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chapters sixteen

think about it
why is caroline okay with being interviewed by reeltok?

how are the details in chapter sixteen important to plot development?

conventions of standard english
read the following passage. rewrite the passage, adding or removing punctuation and making grammatical corrections where needed. when done, double check your edits with the passage in the book.

reeltok: its all about priorities people call new york a cesspool, but new yorkers would never knuckle under too intolerance and let some lowlife get away with drawing swastikas. page 109

Explanation:

🆕 New Concept Discovered: Editing and Proofreading for Conventions
Correcting grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and word usage.

Step 1: Identify Capitalization Errors

We need to find words that should be capitalized but are not, or words that are incorrectly capitalized.

• "new York": "New" must be capitalized because "New York" is a proper noun (a specific place).
• "new Yorkers": "New" must be capitalized because "New Yorkers" is a proper noun referring to people from New York.
• "Cesspool": The word "cesspool" is a common noun here and does not need to be capitalized.

Step 2: Identify Punctuation and Contraction Errors

We need to check for missing punctuation marks and incorrect word forms.

• "Its": In this context, it means "It is," so it needs an apostrophe: "It's".
• "priorities people": There is a natural pause here. A punctuation mark like a period, semicolon, or comma is needed to separate these thoughts. Looking at the flow, a period or semicolon works best: "It's all about priorities. People call..."

Step 3: Identify Homophone and Word Usage Errors

We need to check if any words are misspelled or used incorrectly.

• "too": The passage says "knuckle under too intolerance." The word "too" means "also" or "excessively." The correct preposition to use here is "to".

Step 4: Assemble the Corrected Passage

Let's apply all the corrections to the original text:

• Original: REELTOK: Its all about priorities people call new York a Cesspool, but new Yorkers would never knuckle under too intolerance and let some lowlife get away with drawing swastikas.
• Corrected: REELTOK: It's all about priorities. People call New York a cesspool, but New Yorkers would never knuckle under to intolerance and let some lowlife get away with drawing swastikas.

Answer:

REELTOK: It's all about priorities. People call New York a cesspool, but New Yorkers would never knuckle under to intolerance and let some lowlife get away with drawing swastikas.