Edit the following passage. Correct any errors in capitalization, spelling, and punctuation. Divide the passage into paragraphs. Make only essential changes.
Winifred, my aunt, had a great fondness for hard cider. As the British call it. She was quite a law-abiding lady, with hair pulled back in a bun and hose with very straight seams, prim in most respects. Until the aroma of hard cider filled her nostrils. Then she would lift one of her carefully tweezed eyebrows ever so slightly, murmur a vague but polite excuse to those present, and head directly for the cider. The family all of whom knew these alarming symptoms only too well immediately would launch their individual strategic maneuvers. To divert her attention from the cider. Uncle Bob a man who hated confrontation and who loved mysteries usually began his own campaign to find the cider source first. Before she found it. Aunt martha was more direct, she would grab Winifred’s arm with the force of a well-muscled wrestler and pull her toward the kitchen for a “friendly talk.” Uncle John was the cagiest, therefore he was the most successful. With utmost discretion infinite patience and resolute determination he would trail Winifred. As if he had no particular interest in where or what she was doing, then he would just happen to engage her in a heated conversation on her favorite topic: the royal society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Because of these strategies, the family managed to keep Winifreds cider consumption to a minimum. Until the fateful summer of 1979. The swill summer we called it later.
Winifred, my aunt, had a great fondness for "hard cider" as the British call it. She was quite a law-abiding lady with her hair pulled back in a bun and hose with very straight seams, prim in most respects until the aroma of hard cider filled her nostrils. Then she would lift one of her carefully tweezed eyebrows ever so slightly, murmur a vague but polite excuse to those present, and head directly for the cider.
The family, all of whom knew these alarming symptoms only too well, immediately would launch their individual strategic maneuvers to divert her attention from the cider. Uncle Bob, a man who hated confrontation and who loved mysteries, usually began his own campaign to find the cider source before she found it. Aunt Martha was more direct: (or . S) she would grab Winifred's arm with the force of a well-muscled wrestler and pull her toward the kitchen for a "friendly talk."
Uncle John was the cagiest; (or . T) therefore, he was the most successful. With utmost discretion, infinite patience, and resolute determination, he would trail Winifred as if he had no particular interest in where she was going or what she was doing: (or . T) then he would just happen to engage her in a heated conversation on her favorite topic: the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Because of these strategies, the family managed to keep Winifred's cider consumption to a minimum until that fateful summer of 1979. The swill summer, we called it later.
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