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Edit text: war and patriotism

Short answer

Add comma after 'consciousness'; place questions in quotes with correct word order: 'Am I doing any good...?' and 'Is what I am doing good or bad...?'; change 'doesn't' to 'does not'; add comma before 'but'.

Edit the following text. But when the war is over, the country recedes from the consciousness and it is rarely even at the back of the mind. The question am I doing any good to the country doesn't occur to the mind; and even the question is what I am doing good or bad for the country occurs only rarely. A limited patriotism is better than none but it is not enough.

Edited text

But when the war is over, the country recedes from the consciousness, and it is rarely even at the back of the mind. The question "Am I doing any good to the country?" does not occur to the mind, and even the question "Is what I am doing good or bad for the country?" occurs only rarely. A limited patriotism is better than none, but it is not enough.

Corrections made

  • Added a comma after "consciousness" to separate the two clauses joined by "and".
  • Put the two questions in quotation marks and corrected the word order: "Am I doing any good...?" and "Is what I am doing good or bad...?"
  • Changed "doesn't" to "does not" for formal style.
  • Used a comma before "but" in the last sentence.
  • Replaced the semicolon before "and even" with a comma, since the clauses are closely linked.

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