Question
“It felt like we were on the ocean for years. I started to get annoyed by how long we’ve been searching for this route to Asia. The fear of being lost at sea was catching up to me. I think it was for everyone. That fear came closer when Columbus decided to follow a flock of birds flying southwest or so, I could only hope his instincts were correct. I had no choice but to listen to the sounds of the crashing waves of the ocean. I was staring at the ocean’s almost crystal clear water when I saw a branch floating in the waters. I let go of the warm wood that the boat was made out of to see that everyone else was also seeing branches and flowers bobbing on the waters. It was late into the night when the crew on the Pinta started to shout “Land! Land!”. I was used to the silence and emptiness of the quiet night, but the shouts and celebrations of the crew finding land was like a roar of a dragon, breaking the silence of nighttime. However, I was also very content about finally finding land. When we finally got to the island, Columbus planted the banner of Spain into the sand. Columbus decided to name the people that we found “Indians”, they had a multitude of objects and animals we’ve never seen before. The people here are very nice, some of the crew members decided to trade with them, and they were more than willing to help us build a fort.”
proofread this please, dont change it into your own words, just check for grammar and spelling errors. list al erriors as well. Thank you`
proofread this please, dont change it into your own words, just check for grammar and spelling errors. list al erriors as well. Thank you`
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GPT-4o mini
Here is the text with corrections:
“It felt like we were on the ocean for years. I started to get annoyed by how long we’d been searching for this route to Asia. The fear of being lost at sea was catching up to me. I think it was for everyone. That fear came closer when Columbus decided to follow a flock of birds flying southwest or so; I could only hope his instincts were correct. I had no choice but to listen to the sounds of the crashing waves of the ocean. I was staring at the ocean’s almost crystal-clear water when I saw a branch floating in the waters. I let go of the warm wood that the boat was made out of to see that everyone else was also seeing branches and flowers bobbing on the waters. It was late into the night when the crew on the Pinta started to shout, “Land! Land!” I was used to the silence and emptiness of the quiet night, but the shouts and celebrations of the crew finding land were like the roar of a dragon, breaking the silence of nighttime. However, I was also very content about finally finding land. When we finally got to the island, Columbus planted the banner of Spain into the sand. Columbus decided to name the people that we found “Indians”; they had a multitude of objects and animals we’d never seen before. The people here are very nice; some of the crew members decided to trade with them, and they were more than willing to help us build a fort.”
### List of Errors Corrected:
1. “we’ve” changed to “we’d” for grammatical consistency.
2. Added semicolon after “southwest or so” instead of a comma for correct punctuation.
3. Added a hyphen in "crystal-clear."
4. Added a comma after "to shout" for correct punctuation.
5. Changed “was like a roar of a dragon” to “were like the roar of a dragon” for subject-verb agreement.
6. Added semicolon after “Indians” instead of a comma for correct punctuation.
7. Changed “we’ve” to “we’d” for consistency with past tense.
8. Added a semicolon after “very nice” instead of a comma for clarity.
Overall, the main changes were for punctuation, particularly with semicolons and commas, as well as a few minor grammatical adjustments to ensure consistency in past tense.
“It felt like we were on the ocean for years. I started to get annoyed by how long we’d been searching for this route to Asia. The fear of being lost at sea was catching up to me. I think it was for everyone. That fear came closer when Columbus decided to follow a flock of birds flying southwest or so; I could only hope his instincts were correct. I had no choice but to listen to the sounds of the crashing waves of the ocean. I was staring at the ocean’s almost crystal-clear water when I saw a branch floating in the waters. I let go of the warm wood that the boat was made out of to see that everyone else was also seeing branches and flowers bobbing on the waters. It was late into the night when the crew on the Pinta started to shout, “Land! Land!” I was used to the silence and emptiness of the quiet night, but the shouts and celebrations of the crew finding land were like the roar of a dragon, breaking the silence of nighttime. However, I was also very content about finally finding land. When we finally got to the island, Columbus planted the banner of Spain into the sand. Columbus decided to name the people that we found “Indians”; they had a multitude of objects and animals we’d never seen before. The people here are very nice; some of the crew members decided to trade with them, and they were more than willing to help us build a fort.”
### List of Errors Corrected:
1. “we’ve” changed to “we’d” for grammatical consistency.
2. Added semicolon after “southwest or so” instead of a comma for correct punctuation.
3. Added a hyphen in "crystal-clear."
4. Added a comma after "to shout" for correct punctuation.
5. Changed “was like a roar of a dragon” to “were like the roar of a dragon” for subject-verb agreement.
6. Added semicolon after “Indians” instead of a comma for correct punctuation.
7. Changed “we’ve” to “we’d” for consistency with past tense.
8. Added a semicolon after “very nice” instead of a comma for clarity.
Overall, the main changes were for punctuation, particularly with semicolons and commas, as well as a few minor grammatical adjustments to ensure consistency in past tense.