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Add commas as needed. Cross out commas used incorrectly, using the delete ( )
symbol. If the sentence is correct as written, write C in the blank.
Studying old pictures and drawings about the American Revolution
,
I learned quite a
bit about the uniforms worn by the various armies.
1. During the American Revolution at the end of the 1700s
 
soldiers from four different
countries did most of the fighting.
2. Of the four
 
two are most familiar to Americans today.
3. Risking his life almost daily for less that seven dollars a month
 
the American
infantryman was the heart of George Washington’s Continental Army.
4. Without standard uniforms or weapons for most of the war, American infantrymen often
wore their civilian clothes.
5. In 1778, the Continental Army received a shipment of blue and brown coats from France.
6. For most
 
it was the first time they had seen anything like an official uniform.
7. Sporting their homespun shirts, jackets, and coats
 
the Americans would never be
confused with the splendidly dressed redcoats of the British army.
8. Contrasting sharply with the shabbily clothed Americans, were the British soldiers .
9. In the British army of the Revolutionary period, the uniforms were quite elaborate.
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