Andrew Carnegie
Lance Carson

The grammatical errors in this passage are intentional.

Andrew Carnegie's life 1were a true "rags to riches" story. Born to a poor Scottish family 2that immigrated to the United States, Carnegie became a powerful businessman and a leading force in the American steel industry. Today, he is remembered as an industrialist, millionaire, and philanthropist. 3Carnegie beleived that the wealthy had an obligation to give back to society, so he donated much of his fortune to causes 4like education and peace.

5Although Andrew Carnegie became a millionaire, he did not start life as one. He was born in 1835 into a working-class family in Dunfermline, Scotland. In 1848 his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. When Carnegie was 13 he got his first job in a textile mill earning $1.20 a week. 6How old were you when you got your first job? He then took a job in a factory tending the steam engine.

7Carnegie the next year, worked as a messenger boy in a telegraph office for $2.50 per week. Because of his quickness and hard work, he was soon promoted to telegraph operator and was paid $5 a week. Slowly but surely, Carnegie was working his way up. In 1853, he went to work for the Pennsylvania Railroad for $35 per month as the personal telegrapher and assistant to Thomas Scott, 8a powerful, superintendent. Under Scott, Carnegie learned all about the railroad industry and later became a superintendent himself. Scott also taught Andrew about investing in the stock market.
Choose the best revision, if one is needed.

A) NO CHANGE
B) a powerful: superintendent.
C) a powerful; superintendent.
D) a powerful superintendent.