INSTRUCTIONS: Revise the following paragraphs to eliminate sentence-structure errors. Every summer we look forward to going camping at Big Lake. As soon as we get to the campground. We leisurely set up the tent under the tall, shady trees. Then we organize our fishing gear. And get everything ready for the next few days of fishing. We gather firewood soon we start a campfire and cook juicy hamburgers. That cannot be equaled anywhere else. Later, we enjoy toasted marshmallows. Marshmallows that smell as good as they taste. With stomachs content, we carry our fishing gear to the water's edge we look for that special hole where we caught the "big ones" last year. Shortly, a big moon rises in the sky, millions of stars appear. Though we do not catch any fish. We see trout jumping on
top of the water everywhere we relax, knowing that we still have several days ahead to forget our lives. Our busy lives at home.
What will be an ideal response?
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Every summer we look forward to going camping at Big Lake. As soon as we get to the campground, we leisurely set up the tent under the tall, shady trees. Then we organize our fishing gear and get everything ready for the next few days of fishing. We gather firewood. Soon we start a campfire and cook juicy hamburgers that cannot be equaled anywhere else. Later, we enjoy toasted marshmallows. Marshmallows that smell as good as they taste. With stomachs content, we carry our fishing gear to water's edge, and we look for that special hole where we caught the "big ones" last year. Shortly, a big moon rises in the sky, and millions of stars appear. Though we do not catch any fish, we see trout jumping on top of the water everywhere. We relax, knowing that we still have several days ahead to forget our lives. Our busy lives at home.
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