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[night110]

Please, help me correct the sentences. Thank you so much

1) Of every the major traditions of wood carving, the one that is closest in structure to the tree is the so-called totem pole of the Northwest Coast Native Americans.

2) In 1820 there were only 512 daily newspapers in the United States, which a total daily circulation of perhaps 100,000.

3) The hermit crab, a crustacean that uses an empty shell as a portable refuge to cover its cover its soft abdomen, changes shells as grows.

4) The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States regulates the right of the government to search a citizen's personal and property.

5) Paleoanthropologists examine fossil remains of extinct primates, while physical anthropologists concern with ethology study the behavior of primates in their natural settings.

6) After the United States became independant, the lure of more fertile lands drew steadily New Englanders into the Ohio Valley and the British colony of Upper Canada.

7) Found in all oceans, the various species of electric rays use the charge they can generate for both stunning prey or warding off predators.

8] Animals have to cope with and control physical and chemical processes that do not neccessarily act to benefit of the animal.

9) With more than half the world's annual yield of 50 million tons of soy beans, an important source of protein, is grown in the United States.

Answer :
1) Of every
2) which
3) grows
4) personal
5) concern
6) drew steadily
7) or
8] to benefit
9) With more than

Please, help me what they should be. Thank you so much.

[ErwinR]

This is how I see it, but I am not a native English speaking person, so don't blame me if there is something wrong, but please correct me.

1) From all

2) with

3) as it grows

4) I don't know exactly what to fill in. I think the word and is wrong and it should be "The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States regulates the right of the government to search a citizen's personal property."

5) are concerned

6) steadily drew

7) and

I'm not sure, I think it is "in favour". And necessarily is with only one c

9) More than (without the word "with")

[rhonda]

1) Of all the major traditions of wood carving, the one that is closest in structure to the tree is the so-called totem pole of the Northwest Coast Native Americans.

2) In 1820 there were only 512 daily newspapers in the United States, which a total daily circulation of approximately 100,000.

3) The hermit crab, a crustacean that uses an empty shell as a portable refuge to cover its soft abdomen, changes shells as grows.

4) The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States regulates the right of the government to search a citizen's personal and private property.

5) Paleoanthropologists examine fossil remains of extinct primates, while physical anthropologists concerns itself with ethology study, the behavior of primates in their natural settings.

6) After the United States became independant, the lure of more fertile lands steadily lured New Englanders into the Ohio Valley and the British colony of Upper Canada.

7) Found in all oceans, the various species of electric rays use the charge they can generate for both stunning prey or warding off predators.

8] Animals have to cope with and control physical and chemical processes that do not neccessarily act to the benefit of the animal.

9) Half the world's annual yield of 50 million tons of soy beans, an important source of protein, is grown in the United States.

Answer :
1) Of every
2) which
3) grows
4) personal
5) concern
6) drew steadily
7) or
8] to benefit
9) With more than

I hope this helps make your sentences more correct.
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