Correcting Mistakes in Sentences | Proofing and Editing - Free Printable

Here’s the corrected version of each sentence with explanations for the changes:

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1. If Janie calls tonight, tell them I’m not home.

✔ Corrected:
If Janie calls tonight, tell her I’m not home.

🔹 *Explanation:* “Them” is plural, but Janie is one person (singular). The correct pronoun is “her.” Also, “Janie” should be capitalized as it’s a proper noun — which it already is.

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2. Not for the world woud I go to the top of the Brooklyn bridge.

✔ Corrected:
Not for the world would I go to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge.

🔹 *Explanation:*
- “woud” → misspelling; correct spelling is “would”.
- “Brooklyn bridge” → “Bridge” should be capitalized because it’s part of the proper name “Brooklyn Bridge”.

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3. He run quick to secon base.

✔ Corrected:
He ran quickly to second base.

🔹 *Explanation:*
- “run” → should be past tense “ran” to match the context (he already did it).
- “quick” → should be the adverb “quickly” to describe *how* he ran.
- “secon” → misspelling; correct spelling is “second”.
- “base” is correct, but “second base” is a fixed phrase in baseball.

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4. Noone wanted too be with he at hich.

✔ Corrected:
No one wanted to be with him at lunch.

🔹 *Explanation:*
- “Noone” → should be two words: “No one”.
- “too” → incorrect word; should be “to” (infinitive marker before “be”).
- “he” → should be object pronoun “him” after preposition “with”.
- “hich” → likely meant “lunch”; common typo or mishearing. Assuming context, “at lunch” makes sense.

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5. The horse had jump over the stream when the wolve cahce it.

✔ Corrected:
The horse had jumped over the stream when the wolf caught it.

🔹 *Explanation:*
- “jump” → should be past participle “jumped” to match “had” (past perfect tense).
- “wolve” → singular form should be “wolf”.
- “cahce” → misspelling; correct spelling is “caught” (past tense of “catch”).

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6. Chilen should listen to her parents like his sister done.

✔ Corrected:
Children should listen to their parents like his sister did.

🔹 *Explanation:*
- “Chilen” → misspelling; correct spelling is “Children”.
- “her parents” → doesn’t agree with “Children” (plural); should be “their parents”.
- “like his sister done” → “done” is incorrect past participle here; should be simple past “did”. Also, if “his sister” is male reference, it may conflict with “her” — but assuming it’s a typo and meant “her sister”, it would be “like her sister did”. However, since the original says “his sister”, we’ll keep that but fix the verb.
*(Note: There’s a possible gender mismatch — “children” are plural and could include both genders, so “their parents” is fine, but “his sister” implies a boy child. This might be intentional or an error. Since the task is to correct grammar/spelling, we fix the verb and spelling only.)*

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7. Its not important what people looks like, its how he acts.

✔ Corrected:
It’s not important what people look like; it’s how he acts.

🔹 *Explanation:*
- “Its” → should be “It’s” (contraction of “it is”) in both places.
- “looks” → subject “people” is plural, so verb should be “look”.
- Added semicolon (;) to properly separate two independent clauses. Alternatively, you could use a period or conjunction like “but”.

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8. Lance’s parents decided that he could go but he could only stay an hour.

✔ Corrected:
Lance’s parents decided that he could go, but he could only stay for an hour.

🔹 *Explanation:*
- Add comma before “but” to separate two independent clauses.
- Add “for” before “an hour” — it’s more natural and grammatically complete: “stay for an hour” vs. “stay an hour” (which is sometimes acceptable informally, but “for” is preferred in formal writing).

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✔ Final Corrected Sentences:

1. If Janie calls tonight, tell her I’m not home.
2. Not for the world would I go to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge.
3. He ran quickly to second base.
4. No one wanted to be with him at lunch.
5. The horse had jumped over the stream when the wolf caught it.
6. Children should listen to their parents like his sister did.
7. It’s not important what people look like; it’s how he acts.
8. Lance’s parents decided that he could go, but he could only stay for an hour.

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