In each of the following sentences, insert the commas wherever are needed
1. 1. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Kentucky.
2. In 1816 after selling most of their possessions, the Lincoln family moved to Indiana.
3. During their first weeks in Indiana, the family hunted for food, drank melted snow, and huddled together for warmth.
4. After a little formula Education, Lincoln worked on a ferryboat on the Ohio River.
5. The first large city that Lincoln visited was New Orleans, an important center of trade in 1828.
6. Among the 40,000 people, living in New Orleans, at the time of Lincoln's visit, there were people from every state and several foreign countries.
7. New Orleans, also showed Lincoln such city luxuries as fancy cloths, gleaming silverware, expensive furniture, and imported china and glassware.
8. As a result of this visit, Lincoln must have compared the log cabin of his childhood with the wealthy houses of the big city.
9. A few years later, Lincoln became a merchant, but his failure in business left him in debt for more than ten years.
10. A few years later, Lincoln became a merchant, but his failure in business left him in debt for more than ten years.
3 answers
6, 7 each as one comma too many
The rest are right.
#7. take out the comma after silverware
Are these correct now
7 doesn't need a comma after New Orleans.