In the story the Devil and Tom Walker what does Washington Irving‘s humorous and ironic word choice in describing Tom’s reaction
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The corrected commas, full stops, and capital letters are bolded as below-
"Now I'll have the truth out of you, Val Berners if I have to beat it out. Whose is this money?" Val began to redden. "Someone dropped their purse." "That’s another lie," said Mum, "Where's the purse then?"
Val saw that he had been silly to mention the purse. "I threw it away," he said. "And that’s another lie," said Mum who was by now very angry indeed- angry and horrified to find out that her son was a thief.
She grabbed hold of Val crying "You give me that purse at once." Val fought and struggled to get away from her but Mum held on tight. "I won't. I can’t," he sobbed for he could not let go of his only chance of a bike.
Mum shook hi m hard , "If y o u don’t tell me, I'll go to the police and have you put away."
When at last he confessed it was under his mattress, Mum marched straight to the bed and drew out the purse. The line of her mouth was grim. "You’re a thief, a dirty, little sneaking thief."
She cried and slapped him across the cheek. "Your Grandpa and Grandma would die of shame if they knew what you’d done. Dad and me brought you up honest. We never cheated anyone in our lives and now, look at you dirty low cheat."
Mum suddenly collapsed, the anger died out of her, and she sank into a chair and began to sob bitterly.
The use of commas, full stop, capital letters, etc. is all part of the correct punctuation of a word or sentence. These signs and corrections make a sentence better and right.
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- The given passage with the correct punctuation is given as follows-
"Now I'll have the truth out of you, Val Berners if I have to beat it out. Whose is this money?" Val began to redden. "Someone dropped their purse." "That’s another lie," said Mum, "Where's the purse then?"
Val saw that he had been silly to mention the purse. "I threw it away," he said. "And that’s another lie," said Mum who was by now very angry indeed- angry and horrified to find out that her son was a thief. She grabbed hold of Val crying "You give me that purse at once."
Val fought and struggled to get away from her but Mum held on tight. "I won't. I can’t," he sobbed for he could not let go of his only chance of a bike. "Where did you hide it?"
M u m shook hi m hard, "If y o u don’t tell me, I'll go to the police and have you put away."
When at last he confessed it was under his mattress, Mum marched straight to the bed and drew out the purse. The line of her mouth was grim. "You’re a thief, a dirty, little sneaking thief."
She cried and slapped him across the cheek. "Your Grandpa and Grandma would die of shame if they knew what you’d done. Dad and me brought you up honest. We never cheated anyone in our lives and now, look at you dirty low cheat."
Mum suddenly collapsed, the anger died out of her, and she sank into a chair and began to sob bitterly.
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