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Sherman J. Alexie Jr.
was
born
in
October
1966.
He
is
a
Spokane/Coeur d’Alene
Indian
and
an
Ameircan
writer,
poet,
and
filmmaker.

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The misspelled word was: American

Sherman J. Alexie Jr.
was
born
in
October
1966.
He
is
a
Spokane/Coeur d’Alene
Indian
and
an
American
writer,
poet,
and
filmmaker.

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Alexie
was
born
with
hydrocephalus,
or
water
on
the
brian.

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The misspelled word was: brain

Alexie
was
born
with
hydrocephalus,
or
water
on
the
brain.

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This
condition
led
doctors
to
predict
that
he
would
likly
suffer
long-term
brain
damage
and
possibly
mental
retardation.

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The misspelled word was: likely

This
condition
led
doctors
to
predict
that
he
would
likely
suffer
long-term
brain
damage
and
possibly
mental
retardation.

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Although
Alexie
survived
with
no
mental
disabilitys,
he
did
suffer
other
serious
side
effects
from
his
condition
that
plagud
him
throughout
his
childhood.

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The misspelled words were: disabilities and plagued

Although
Alexie
survived
with
no
mental
disabilities,
he
did
suffer
other
serious
side
effects
from
his
condition
that
plagued
him
throughout
his
childhood.

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Amazingly,
Alexie
learnted
to
read
by
the
age
of
three,
and
by
age
five
he
had
read
novels
such
as
John
Steinbeck's
The
Grapes
of
Wrath

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The misspelled word was: learned

Amazingly,
Alexie
learned
to
read
by
the
age
of
three,
and
by
age
five
he
had
read
novels
such
as
John
Steinbeck's
The
Grapes
of
Wrath.

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Raised
on
an
Indian
reservation,
Alexie
often
felt
aleinated
from
his
peers
due
to
his
avid
love
for
reading
and
also
from
the
long-term
effects
of
his
illness,
which
often
kept
him
from
socialiseing
with
his
peers
on
the
reservation.

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The misspelled words were: alienated and socialising

Raised
on
an
Indian
reservation,
Alexie
often
felt
alienated
from
his
peers
due
to
his
avid
love
for
reading
and
also
from
the
long-term
effects
of
his
illness,
which
often
kept
him
from
socialising
with
his
peers
on
the
reservation.

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The
reading
skills
he
displaid
at
such
a
young
age
foreshadowed
what
he
would
later
become.

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The misspelled word was: displayed

The
reading
skills
he
displayed
at
such
a
young
age
foreshadowed
what
he
would
later
become.

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Today
Alexie
is
a
prolific
and
successful
writer
with
several
story
anthologeis
to
his
credit,
noteably
The
Lone
Ranger
and
Fistfight
in
Heaven
and
The
Toughest
Indian
in
the
World.

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The misspelled words were: anthologies and notably

Today
Alexie
is
a
prolific
and
successful
writer
with
several
story
anthologies
to
his
credit,
notably
The
Lone
Ranger
and
Tonto
Fistfight
in
Heaven
and
The
Toughest
Indian
in
the
World.

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Most
of
his
fiction
is
about
contemparary
Native
Americans
who
are
influenced
by
pop
culture
and
pow wows
and
everything
in
between.

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The misspelled word was: contemporary

Most
of
his
fiction
is
about
contemporary
Native
Americans
who
are
influenced
by
pop
culture
and
pow wows
and
everything
in
between.

Identify and correct the misspelled word in the following sentence.

His
work
is
sometimes
funny
but
always
thoughtfull
and
full
of
richness
and
depth.

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The misspelled word was: thoughtful

His
work
is
sometimes
funny
but
always
thoughtful
and
full
of
richness
and
depth.

Identify and correct the misspelled word in the following sentence.

Alexie
also
writes
poetry,
novels,
and
screenplays.
His
latest
collection
of
storys
is
called
War Dances,
which
came
out
in
2009.

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The misspelled word was: stories

Alexie
also
writes
poetry,
novels,
and
screenplays.
His
latest
collection
of
stories
is
called
War Dances,
which
came
out
in
2009.

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