1. Use of between and among
Day 1
Throughout history, terrible epidemics of bubonic plague swept through Europe, Asia, and Africa.
The germ Pasteurella pestis causes the disease; fleas from infected rats transmit it over to humans, who spread it between theirselves by coughing.
Use of between and among
Use of underlining or italics with foreign words
Elimination of unnecessary word
Correct use of reflexive pronoun
Use of present perfect tense

2. Throughout history, terrible epidemics of bubonic plague have swept through Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Use of present perfect tense
The germ Pasteurella pestis causes the disease; fleas from infected rats
over
transmit it to humans, who spread it among themselves by coughing.
Use of underlining or italics with foreign words
Use of between and among
Correct use of reflexive pronoun
Elimination of unnecessary word
Day 1
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3. Correction of misplaced modifier
Day 2
The plague germ, which was discovered in 1894, works fast; sometimes only 3 or 4 days passes between the onset of the disease and the victim’s death.
During the 1300’s historians estimate that three quarters of Europe’s population were lost to the plague.
Correction of misplaced modifier
Spelling out numbers through one hundred
Use of strong noun to improve style.
Subject and verb agreement

4. Day 2
The plague germ, which was discovered in 1894, works fast; sometimes only three or four days pass between the onset of the disease and the victim’s death.
Spelling out numbers through one hundred
Subject and verb agreement
Historians estimate that three quarters of Europe’s population were plague victims during the 1300’s.
Correction of misplaced modifier
Use of strong noun to improve style

5. Elimination of split infinitive Correct spelling of plural noun
Day 3
In the 1600’s, when some Londoners died of plague, quarantine measures helped to somewhat contain the disease.
If doctors understood the disease better, they would have saved more lifes.
Elimination of split infinitive
Use of past perfect tense
Correct spelling of plural noun
Use of commas in large numerals.

6. Day 3
In the 1600’s, when some 150,000 Londoners died of plague, quarantine measures helped to contain the disease somewhat.
Use of commas in large numerals
Elimination of split infinitive
If doctors had understood the disease better, they would have saved more lives.
Use of part perfect tense
Correct spelling of plural noun

7. Correct use of intensive pronoun
Day 4
A Journal of the Plague Year is Daniel Defoes account of London’s 1665 plague.
Novelist Defoe did not experience the plague hisself, his 1771 work is an early example of fiction appearing as a report from firsthand observation.
Use of apostrophe to form possessive
Correct use of intensive pronoun
Use of semicolon to correct run-on sentence
Correct use of indefinite article.

8. Day 4
A Journal of the Plague Year is Daniel Defoe’s account of London’s 1665 plague.
Use of apostrophe to form possessive
Novelist Defoe did not experience the plague himself; his 1771 work is an early example of fiction appearing as a report from firsthand observation.
Correct use of intensive pronoun
Use of semicolon to correct run-on sentence
Correct use of indefinite article

9. Use of numerals and words for round numbers ending in millions
Day 5
The most disastrous modern outbreak of plague killed 10,000,000 people in India early this century. This was devastating.
Since then measures such as antibiotics, strict quarantines, and exterminating rats have controlled but not eliminated the bubonic plague.
Use of comma after introductory words
Use of numerals and words for round numbers ending in millions
Elimination of empty sentence
Elimination of faulty parallel structure

10. Day 5
The most disastrous modern outbreak of plague killed 10 million people in India early this century. This was devastating.
Use of numerals and words for round numbers ending in millions
Elimination of empty sentence
Since then, measures such as antibiotics, strict quarantines, and rat extermination have controlled but not eliminated the bubonic plague.
Use of comma after introductory words
Elimination of faulty parallel structure