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The Quinnipiac River and the Connecticut River are entirely separated by the Metacomet Ridge. They are not part of the same valley.

Did the authors mean to use the United Kingdom in this paragraph?

It sounds as if Lawrence is commanding his men to surrender, and the sentence must be re-read to be understood.

This is clearer: Yet the Americans did not give up. Lawrence commanded them, “Tell the men…

Delete and

Change But to However,

Delete “and.”

David, the verb should be the 3rd person plural “were.” It should agree with the subject “some,” which refers back to “changes” in the previous sentence. The verb should not agree with “victory.”

Thank you for this, Tyler. I strongly agree. I think this paragraph was offensive, and it made it seem that polygamy is still being practiced by Mormons today. Many people nowadays have the misconception that it is, when it is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN against. You are right about Joseph Smith. He was confused and lost before he went into the forest and received revelation from God. The Godhead gave him the knowledge that he needed, which he used to found Mormonism.

Please add at the end of this paragraph that polygamy is NOT practiced by Mormons anymore. It is widely misunderstood that past polygamy practices by Joseph Smith and his followers are still popular today, when they are not. It is actually forbidden in Mormonism. It is specifically stated in the Mormon document “Family: A Proclamation to the World” that marriage shall only be between one man and one woman.

Insert space between NAACP and “and the ACLU.”

Insert “pact” after “Hitler’s and Stalin’s 1939 nonaggression”