Using the rules outlined previously, correct the mistakes in the story starter:

The reporter had just bursted on the scene, but already he could tell that the atmosphere was more edgier than he had anticipated. He stopped some of the neighbors who were standing around and sayed, “Is this the most excitingest thing that's ever happened here on Elm Street?”

Mrs. Atcheson turned to the reporter and said, “This ain't nothing! You should have been here last week when two burglars was holed up in my chimney. The fattest one kept screaming for help, and the skinniest one kept whispering to him that he should be quiet.”

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