Pretest: Punctuation
the missing periods, question marks, exclamation points, commas, semicolons,
apostrophes, and hyphens. Capitalize the first word of each sentence.
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hy grandmother was born in 1900 in a small poor village near the
Italian-Swiss borde he was the first daughter to survive infancy and
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her parents always treated her like a very special gift when she was nine
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years old her family immigrated to the United States they hoped that the
golden shores of America would offer the opportunities and advantages so
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lacking in their own country
during their arduous ocean voyage one of my grandmothers younger
brothers died of dysentery the parents were heartbroken however they
chose to view his death as a symbol of rebirth for the entire family the
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ship docked at Ellis Island which lies off the shores of New York City
here their papers were processed and doctors examined everyone for
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communicable diseases did they receive a clean bill of health indeed they
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did they were allowed to depart for the mainland
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in 1910 eight long months after leaving Europe the family finally
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arrived in San Francisco here they set up house and began their new life
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San Francisco was very good to them my great grandfather immediately
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purchased 200 acres of land in the Napa Valley he planted grapes and
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began the slow demanding process of developing a winery the entire
family became involved in this endeavor and within five years their efforts
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were repaid the fertile vineyards which produced some of the finest wines
in northern California are still in use today