Original sentence: It is also possible that the cross is used to help with the cooking of the bread or to serve as a guideline for even slices.It was, and still is, used as an accompaniment to a meal.Soda bread eventually became a staple of the Irish diet.Some believe that the cross was placed in the bread to ward off evil
Edited sentence: In any case, soda bread is almost always made with a cross cut into it as well as, sometimes, a few pricks of a knife.It is more probable that that the cross is used to help with the cooking of the bread (by allowing the movement of air and promoting a lighter bread) or to serve as a guideline for even slices.It was, and still is, used as an accompaniment to a meal and is often considered to be one of the finest staple breads in the world.Other's believed it was to allow any fairys to escape in case they perished in the heat of the oven.Soda bread eventually became a staple of the Irish diet due to its inexpensive ingredients and relative of ease of baking.Some believe that the cross was placed in the bread to ward off evil or the devil