Sunday, March 14, 2010

AP Style S-Z

AP Style Exercise (S-Z)
18 errors / 18 points / 1 bonus point

Please identify and correct the AP style and other errors in the following sentences.

1) When he heard the building plans for the new high school had been rejected, Bill pulled out his stationery to write a letter of protest. (2)
2) Ben really knows his Scriptures, but he knows little about the Talmud or the Shariah. (3)
3) Her home in upstate New York is surprisingly ultramodern and rather unique for its middle-class neighborhood. (4)
4) To celebrate Veterans Day, the anniversary of the Armistice that ended World War I, troupes of former soldiers will march down Main Street carrying U.S. flags. (3)
5) Word-of-mouth has it that Ellen will wind up with the only “A” in the class. (2)
6) When Sara spotted the Louis L'Amour paperback, she asked whose book it was. She couldn't believe it was John’s; after all, nobody reads Westerns anymore. She had no idea he was so weird. (4)

BONUS: The man was arrested for brandishing a twelve-gauge shotgun outside his home. (1)

1 comment:

  1. 1) Good
    2) Good
    3) delete "rather" -- it's either unique, or it isn't
    4) look up "troupes" (were they wearing tutus?)
    5) Good
    6) Good
    Bonus: ... arrested on a charge of brandishing a 12-gauge shotgun ...

    17/18

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