Question

Lincoln led the Union during the Civil War and aimed to end things like slavery and was respected by many people. Lincoln had plans to bring back The Southern states back into the U.S and planned to heal the Nation. When Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes, Lincoln's vice president Andrew Johnson took his place. Unfortunately, Andrew did not have the same ideas as Lincoln, which led to many fights in the government. Lincoln's assassination frightened many people and feel uncertain about the situation. It is because of these reasons that Americans didn't know if the reunification would happen or who would control the rebuilding policies. Those uncertainties is why Lincoln's assassination put the nation's future in question.

can you proofread this and list all errors and how to fix them? do not change my wording.

Answer 1

Below I list each error I found (grammar, punctuation, capitalization, word choice, agreement, and factual), explain why it's a problem, and show a minimal fix. I did not rewrite your whole paragraph — only the specific words/phrases that need changing.

1) Original: "aimed to end things like slavery"
- Problem: "things like" is informal and vague.
- Fix: replace with "aimed to end slavery".
- Corrected fragment: "aimed to end slavery"

2) Original: "bring back The Southern states back"
- Problems: duplicate use of "back" (redundant), and "The" incorrectly capitalized.
- Fix: remove the extra "back" and lowercase "the".
- Corrected fragment: "bring the Southern states back"

3) Original: "U.S"
- Problem: formatting — U.S. should include a final period.
- Fix: "U.S."
- Corrected fragment: "U.S."

4) Original: "planned to heal the Nation"
- Problem: incorrect capitalization of "Nation" (should be lowercase).
- Fix: "planned to heal the nation"
- Corrected fragment: "planned to heal the nation"

5) Original: "assassinated by John Wilkes"
- Problem: incomplete/factual — the assassin’s full name is John Wilkes Booth.
- Fix: "assassinated by John Wilkes Booth"
- Corrected fragment: "assassinated by John Wilkes Booth"

6) Original: "Lincoln's vice president Andrew Johnson took his place."
- Problem: missing commas around the appositive ("Andrew Johnson").
- Fix: add commas: "Lincoln's vice president, Andrew Johnson, took his place."
- Corrected fragment: "Lincoln's vice president, Andrew Johnson, took his place."

7) Original: "Unfortunately, Andrew did not have the same ideas as Lincoln,"
- Problems: use of first name ("Andrew") is informal in this context; wording slightly awkward.
- Fix: use last name or full name: "Unfortunately, Johnson did not have the same ideas as Lincoln," or "Unfortunately, Andrew Johnson did not have the same ideas as Lincoln,"
- Corrected fragment (minimal): "Unfortunately, Andrew Johnson did not have the same ideas as Lincoln,"

8) Original: "which led to many fights in the government."
- Problem: "fights" is informal; preposition "in the government" is awkward.
- Fix: use a more formal phrase: "which led to many conflicts in the government" or "which led to many political conflicts."
- Corrected fragment: "which led to many political conflicts."

9) Original: "Lincoln's assassination frightened many people and feel uncertain about the situation."
- Problem: verb agreement and parallelism: "frightened many people and feel" is incorrect (tense/subject mismatch).
- Fix: "frightened many people and made them feel uncertain about the situation" or "frightened many people and left them uncertain about the situation."
- Corrected fragment: "frightened many people and made them feel uncertain about the situation"

10) Original: "It is because of these reasons that Americans didn't know..."
- Problems: tense mismatch ("It is" present vs. past narrative) and awkward phrasing.
- Fix: change tense and/or wording: "It was because of these reasons that Americans didn't know..." or better, "For these reasons, Americans didn't know..."
- Corrected fragment: "For these reasons, Americans didn't know..."

11) Original: "if the reunification would happen"
- Problem: stylistic: "if" is acceptable but "whether" is more formal/precise.
- Fix: "whether the reunification would happen"
- Corrected fragment: "whether the reunification would happen"

12) Original: "or who would control the rebuilding policies."
- Problem: phrasing: "rebuilding policies" is a bit awkward; "policies for rebuilding" or "reconstruction policy" is more natural.
- Fix (minimal): "or who would control policies for rebuilding."
- Corrected fragment: "or who would control policies for rebuilding."

13) Original: "Those uncertainties is why Lincoln's assassination put the nation's future in question."
- Problem: subject–verb agreement and tense: "uncertainties is" should be "uncertainties were".
- Fix: "Those uncertainties were why Lincoln's assassination put the nation's future in question."
- Corrected fragment: "Those uncertainties were why Lincoln's assassination put the nation's future in question."

Additional notes (optional stylistic improvements)
- Repetition of "Lincoln" at the start of several sentences is stylistically heavy; consider varying subject (Lincoln, he, the president, his assassination) if you later want to smooth the paragraph.
- Overall tense: keep narrative in past tense (use "was," "were," etc.) for consistency.

If you want, I can apply all of these fixes and show you the paragraph with only the minimal changes made.