Question

Find and correct ten mistakes in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Highlight, underline, bold corrections.

The third Monday of Janury is the annual observance of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. King was born on January 15 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. A minister an civil rights leader, King lead a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama on 1955. Devoted to non-violence, he all so led a peaceful March in Washington, D.C., during which he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream speech. King was killed in Tennessee in April 1968.

Find and correct ten mistakes in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Highlight, underline, bold corrections.

Answer 1

The third Monday of January is the annual observance of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. NOTE: Some sources do not put a comma before Jr. Accept either; or follow the rules set by your district's grammar book. King was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. A minister and civil rights leader, King led a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955. Devoted to nonviolence, he also led a peaceful march in Washington, D.C., during which he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. King was killed in Tennessee in April 1968.