Choose the correctly edited sentence.

Original: Amazonian Indians invented galoshes centuries ago buy dipping there feet into liquid rubber. To protect theirselves against insects on the ground.

(Hint: Look for errors with pronoun usage, using the right word, and a sentence fragment.)

Question 5 options:

Amazonian Indians invented galoshes centuries ago by dipping their feet into liquid rubber, to protect themselves against insects on the ground.

Amazonian Indians invented galoshes centuries ago by dipping their feet into liquid rubber to protect themselves against insects on the ground.

Amazonian Indians invented galoshes centuries ago by dipping their feet into liquid rubber. To protect themselves against insects on the ground.

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Izabelle

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28 April, 14:39

Choose the correctly edited sentence.

Original: Amazonian Indians invented galoshes centuries ago buy dipping there feet into liquid rubber. To protect theirselves against insects on the ground.

(Hint: Look for errors with pronoun usage, using the right word, and a sentence fragment.)

Question 5 options:

Amazonian Indians invented galoshes centuries ago by dipping their feet into liquid rubber, to protect themselves against insects on the ground.

Amazonian Indians invented galoshes centuries ago by dipping their feet into liquid rubber to protect themselves against insects on the ground.

Amazonian Indians invented galoshes centuries ago by dipping their feet into liquid rubber. To protect themselves against insects on the ground.

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Answers (2)

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Kamren Solomon · Answer 1

Answer is the first one

Explanation:

You need a comma after rubber because it is not the end of the sentence and you need to separate it from to. buy is used incorrectly it is suppose to be by.

Brenda Curry · Answer 2

Amazonian Indians invented galoshes centuries ago by dipping their feet into liquid rubber to protect themselves against insects on the ground.

Explanation:

No commas are needed.

We can rephrase the sentence:

Amazonian Indians invented galoshes centuries ago when they dipped their feet into liquid rubber to protect themselves against insects on the ground.

We don't need a comma in this sentence.