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Thomas Alva Edison was born in February (11st)，1847.He was born in American. (And不要，不能引导句子，逗号后面才能加and) his family was so poor that he had to sell newspapers when he was only 12 years old. (But去掉，和although不能并用) he’s a very (clever) boy （应为though，although只能放在句首） he didn’t study at school as long as other children around him.He （invented ）（the）automatic transmitter when he was only 16 years old. （And去掉） After that,Thomas Alva Edison （invented） more than two （thousand不加s）things in his life. He was famous not only for light,but also for telephone. So now we could see the bright world and talk with friends far away from us. He died in October （18th） when （he）was 84 years old. He is a great scientist in the world in our life，and his （contribution） for people is very （great）.（Nowadays）,everyone knows him and his （inventions）.

Thomas Alva Edison was born in February 11.1847.he was born on a peasant family in American. He was at school only three month. After his mother teach him at home. Him family was so poor that sell newspaper when he was 12 years old. He invent automatic transmitter in he 16 years old. Thomas Alva Edison invents more then two thousand in his life. He was famous for light. And he make the telephone better. It could carry voices a long way. He used the money to build experiment in 1927.he died in October 18 when his eighty four years old. He is a great scientist in the word .his contribute is very big.