Read the passage on the next two slides from an essay on the Salem witch trials. It contains some of the errors you have just learned about from the 20 Most Common Errors list.
After you read through the passage, you'll be given a variety of exercise options, which will allow you to make corrections to this introductory paragraph.
There is many misconceptions about the Salem Witch Trials that took place outside of Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. Some think that there really were witches’ in Salem; still, others think that women were burned at the stake. In reality nineteen men and women were hanged but many more were imprisoned including small children (Calson, 1999). the most tragic aspect of the salem witch trials is that it represents a failure of a justice system, and Those who were accused were automatically assumed to be guilty. Therefore those who were tried were never given a fair trial.