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Every-Day Edit: The First Typewriter

Hand out this printable student work sheet with the uncorrected text for students to find errors of capitalization, punctuation, spelling, or grammar.

 

 

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Uncorrected Text:

 

Before computers, people would type letters and other documents on Typewriters. The first patient for a typewriter was granted on January 7, 1714 but it is years before the first typewriter was invented. In 1808, Pellegrino turri build the first typewriter for his friend, countess Carolina Fantoni da Fivizzano. He also invented carbon paper, which was used for the machines ink. Not much is known about the first typewriter but people can still read letters that the Countess typed on that typing mashune.

 

Answer Key:

 

Before computers, people would type letters and other documents on typewriters. The first patent for a typewriter was granted on January 7, 1714, but it was years before the first typewriter was invented. In 1808, Pellegrino Turri built the first typewriter for his friend, Countess Carolina Fantoni da Fivizzano. He also invented carbon paper, which was used for the machine’s ink. Not much is known about the first typewriter, but people can still read letters that the Countess typed on that typing machine.

 

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