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Practicing social distancing has positive effects, such as preventing people from crowding and helping people stay away from each other.
  
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***I rephrased this sentence to make it flow more smoothly. I omitted “the positive reason” and added “has positive effects” after “social distancing” as it fits the context of the sentence better. I also replaced “avoids” with “preventing” for the same reason.
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TIME writer, Josiah Bates, states, “According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, social distancing involves ‘avoiding mass gatherings’ and ‘maintaining distance’ whenever possible.” This evidence shows how social distancing can reduce the number of people coming together and the spread of the coronavirus.
  
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*** You need to state the source of the quote, so I included the writer’s name before the quotation. Adding quotes around words that are inside a quote can be tricky. Use single quotation marks around the quoted material inside the double quotation marks. You separated the quote into two different paragraphs after the word “maintaining.” So, I connected the two paragraphs into one. I also replaced “this” with “social distancing” so the reader knows you are referring to social distancing. I additionally replaced “amount” with “number,” because “people” is a countable noun that needs a countable quantifier.
  
  
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But the negative side to practicing social distancing is that it’s hard for people to do, and school events will have to be canceled.
  
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***I removed the space before “but” at the beginning of the sentence and replaced “there is a” with “the” as I thought it made the sentence sound less clunky. What “will be hard for people” was unclear, so I added “to do” after “people.”
  
  
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TIME writer, Josiah Bates, describes difficulties children are facing, “Both Hota and Rousseau know it can be difficult to keep away from others in some situations...For kids, these include learning from home instead of going to school and canceling playdates and sports events.” This evidence shows how practicing social distancing has negative and positive results. It helps our health, but it causes changes that kids didn’t want.
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*** This all needed to be in one paragraph, so I moved the two last paragraphs that were split apart together with the first paragraph. Because you are quoting another person, you need to state their name and the source. I added this information before the second quotation. Also, only three periods are required when going from one quote to another. I changed “details” to “evidence,” as I thought the word fit better. I also deleted the space between “how” and “practicing.” The last sentence was run-on, so I broke apart the sentence by adding a period after “positive.” I also changed the phrasing of the last two sentences to provide more clarity.
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Overall, great work! You did a good job defining the positive and negative aspects of social distancing and backing up your points with evidence. Just make sure to read over your sentences to make sure they flow together well.
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'''Fully Edited Version:''' Practicing social distancing has positive effects, such as preventing people from crowding and helping people stay away from each other.
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TIME writer, Josiah Bates, states, “According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, social distancing involves ‘avoiding mass gatherings’ and ‘maintaining distance’ whenever possible.” This evidence shows how social distancing can reduce the number of people coming together and the spread of the coronavirus.
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But the negative side to practicing social distancing is that it’s hard for people to do, and school events will have to be canceled.
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TIME writer, Josiah Bates, describes difficulties children are facing, “Both Hota and Rousseau know it can be difficult to keep away from others in some situations...For kids, these include learning from home instead of going to school and canceling playdates and sports events.” This evidence shows how practicing social distancing has negative and positive results. It helps our health, but it causes changes that kids didn’t want.

Revision as of 23:13, 6 April 2020

Social Distancing

Practicing social distancing has positive effects, such as preventing people from crowding and helping people stay away from each other.

      • I rephrased this sentence to make it flow more smoothly. I omitted “the positive reason” and added “has positive effects” after “social distancing” as it fits the context of the sentence better. I also replaced “avoids” with “preventing” for the same reason.


TIME writer, Josiah Bates, states, “According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, social distancing involves ‘avoiding mass gatherings’ and ‘maintaining distance’ whenever possible.” This evidence shows how social distancing can reduce the number of people coming together and the spread of the coronavirus.

      • You need to state the source of the quote, so I included the writer’s name before the quotation. Adding quotes around words that are inside a quote can be tricky. Use single quotation marks around the quoted material inside the double quotation marks. You separated the quote into two different paragraphs after the word “maintaining.” So, I connected the two paragraphs into one. I also replaced “this” with “social distancing” so the reader knows you are referring to social distancing. I additionally replaced “amount” with “number,” because “people” is a countable noun that needs a countable quantifier.


But the negative side to practicing social distancing is that it’s hard for people to do, and school events will have to be canceled.

      • I removed the space before “but” at the beginning of the sentence and replaced “there is a” with “the” as I thought it made the sentence sound less clunky. What “will be hard for people” was unclear, so I added “to do” after “people.”


TIME writer, Josiah Bates, describes difficulties children are facing, “Both Hota and Rousseau know it can be difficult to keep away from others in some situations...For kids, these include learning from home instead of going to school and canceling playdates and sports events.” This evidence shows how practicing social distancing has negative and positive results. It helps our health, but it causes changes that kids didn’t want.

      • This all needed to be in one paragraph, so I moved the two last paragraphs that were split apart together with the first paragraph. Because you are quoting another person, you need to state their name and the source. I added this information before the second quotation. Also, only three periods are required when going from one quote to another. I changed “details” to “evidence,” as I thought the word fit better. I also deleted the space between “how” and “practicing.” The last sentence was run-on, so I broke apart the sentence by adding a period after “positive.” I also changed the phrasing of the last two sentences to provide more clarity.


Overall, great work! You did a good job defining the positive and negative aspects of social distancing and backing up your points with evidence. Just make sure to read over your sentences to make sure they flow together well.

Fully Edited Version: Practicing social distancing has positive effects, such as preventing people from crowding and helping people stay away from each other.

TIME writer, Josiah Bates, states, “According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, social distancing involves ‘avoiding mass gatherings’ and ‘maintaining distance’ whenever possible.” This evidence shows how social distancing can reduce the number of people coming together and the spread of the coronavirus.

But the negative side to practicing social distancing is that it’s hard for people to do, and school events will have to be canceled.

TIME writer, Josiah Bates, describes difficulties children are facing, “Both Hota and Rousseau know it can be difficult to keep away from others in some situations...For kids, these include learning from home instead of going to school and canceling playdates and sports events.” This evidence shows how practicing social distancing has negative and positive results. It helps our health, but it causes changes that kids didn’t want.