Question

Correct all errors in the use of abbreviations and numbers in the passage below. Type your changes all in CAPITALS. Mr. Jas. Boone has lived at three twenty-eight Newton Terr. since Apr. nineteen hundred and sixty-three. He is a devoted outdoorsman even though he weighs only one hundred and thirty Ibs. and stands a little over 5 ft. He walks five mi. every day and treats his own illness, instead of sending for a Dr. Recently he persuaded Hon. Smith to accompany him to the V.A. hospital where the sts. are quiet and the bldgs. are beautiful to the eye. Late in the P.M. he is likely to call his friends Chas. Williams, Geo. Glass, Eliz. Bowen, and etc. over for apples and popcorn before they go for a long hike in the cool of the eve. 365 days of the year, Jas. is out there walking the hwys and byways. He says if he had a $ for every mi. he's walked, he'd be a rich man.

Answer 1

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Mr. Jas. Boone has lived at three twenty-eight Newton Terr. since APRIL 1963. He is a devoted outdoorsman even though he weighs only one hundred and thirty POUNDS and stands a little over 5 ft. He walks five MILES every day and treats his own illness, instead of sending for a DOCTOR. Recently he persuaded Hon. Smith to accompany him to the V.A. hospital where the STREETS are quiet and the BUILDINGS are beautiful to the eye. Late in the NIGHT he is likely to call his friends Chas. Williams, Geo. Glass, Eliz. Bowen, AND MORE over for apples and popcorn before they go for a long hike in the cool of the NIGHT. 365 days of the year, Jas. is out there walking the HIGHWAYS and byways. He says if he had a DOLLAR for every MILE he's walked, he'd be a rich man.

Answer 2

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Mr. Jas. Boone has lived at Three Twenty-Eight Newton Terr. since APRIL, 1963. He is a devoted outdoorsman, even though he weighs only one hundred-thirty POUNDS, and stands a little over 5 ft. He walks five MILES every day, and treats his own illness, instead of sending for a DOCTOR. Recently, he persuaded Hon. Smith to accompany him to the V.A. hospital where the STREETS are quiet, and the bldgs. are beautiful to the eye. Late in the NIGHT, he is likely to call his friends Chas Williams, Geo Glass, Eliz Bowen, and more over for apples and popcorn, before they go for a long hike in the cool of the EVENING. 365 days of the year, Jas is out there walking the HIGHWAYS and byways. He says if he had a DOLLAR for every mile he's walked, he'd be a rich man.