[QUOTE=JonBoy,Nov 30 2004, 02:18 PM]Just as a sidenote, I actually took the "s" off of "efforts" originally - I think it can actually work either way.

"Their effort" or "their efforts" - either is okay, I think.

 

Isn't it whenever you are referring to a part of the country it would be capitalized? (the North/South/East/West) I know it isn't as in direction (The birds flew south for the winter)

 

this sentence has gone into the present tense while the rest of the essay in that section is in the past tense, it is also IMHO an unclear sentence and I would suggest that it should read "He decided to write a letter to Levi suggesting that they could both hold the patent."

 

The comma after workers should go. This is a list, therefore you shouldn't have a comma before the "and".

 

What became more affordable?

You need to clarify your structure in this sentence by adding "they" ....

"This drove the price of jeans down and they became more affordable for everyone."

I would also argue whether they became more afforable for EVERYONE, but that is not a grammatical point

 

My pleasure.

 

Thanks for the input but this one could go both ways. I'm pretty sure on this.