1. They may have arrived as recently as 12000 years ago or as long ago as
Group 1
no one is sure when or how the first people arrived in what is now called the United States
They may have arrived as recently as years ago or as long ago as
70000 years.
Capitalization of first word of a sentence
Use of comma in large numbers expressed in numerals
Use of end punctuation: period

2. Group 1
No one is sure when or how the first people arrived in what is now called
the United States.
Capitalization of first word of a sentence
Use of end punctuation: period
They may have arrived as recently as 12,000 years ago or as long ago
as 70,000 years.
Use of comma in large numbers expressed in numerals

3. Correction of commonly confused words
Group 2
Native Americans have been in North America thirty times longer then
europeans have been on the continent.
Actually colonists did not arrive in North America until the late 1500's.
Capitalization of proper noun
Correction of commonly confused words
Use of comma after introductory word

4. Native Americans have been in North America thirty times longer than
Group 2
Native Americans have been in North America thirty times longer than
Europeans have been on the continent.
Correction of commonly confused words
Capitalization of proper noun
Actually, colonists did not arrive in North America until the late 1500's.
Use of comma after introductory word

5. Use of apostrophe to show possession Use of commas in a series
Group 3
The Plains peoples solutions to such basic human needs as food shelter and clothing revealed that they were resourceful and clever.
They must of been very skilled because their tipis and earth lodges were well constructed.
Correct use of helping verb with past participle
Use of apostrophe to show possession
Use of commas in a series

6. Use of apostrophe to show possession Use of commas in a series
Group 3
The Plains people’s solutions to such basic human needs as food, shelter, and clothing revealed that they were resourceful and clever.
Use of apostrophe to show possession
Use of commas in a series
They must have been very skilled because their tipis and earth lodges were well constructed.
Correct use of helping verb with past participle

7. Use of colon before a long or formal quotation
Group 4
Children of the Plains people were so used to the harsh weather that they spent hardly no time indoors even on very cold winter days.
Frontiersman Jacob Fowler described Cheyenne children playing on the Arkansas River in 1821 in this way
The weather is now cold, the river frozen up, the ice a great
thickness, and the Indian children are able to play freely.
Elimination of a double negative
Use of colon before a long or formal quotation
Use of dash to emphasize additional information

8. Group 4
Children of the Plains people were so used to the harsh weather that they spent hardly any time indoors--even on very cold winter days.
Elimination of double negative
Use of dash to emphasize additional information
Frontiersman Jacob Fowler described Cheyenne children playing on the Arkansas River in 1821in this way:
The weather is now cold, the river frozen up, the ice a great thickness, and the Indian children are able to play freely.
Use of colon before a long or formal quotation

9. Elimination of commas with a restrictive clause
Group 5
Native Americans, who lived in the west, very much enjoyed such sports as horse racing archery and wrestling. But their favorite sport was lacrosse.
During an average game, 70 to 80 barefoot players used webbed sticks to field wooden or deerskin balls across huge fields.
Capitalization of name of geographic area
Elimination of but at the beginning of a sentence
Elimination of commas with a restrictive clause
Spelling out numbers through one hundred
Use of commas in series

10. Native Americans who lived in the West very much enjoyed such sports
Group 5
, ,
Native Americans who lived in the West very much enjoyed such sports
as horse racing, archery, and wrestling, but their favorite sport was lacrosse.
Capitalization of name of geographic area
Elimination of commas with restrictive clause
Use of commas in series
Elimination of but at the beginning of a sentence
During an average game, seventy to eighty barefoot players used webbed
sticks to field wooden or deerskin balls across huge fields.
Spelling out numbers through one hundred _ _

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