Friday, February 12, 2010

AP Style Exercise A-D

1. Mayor RIchardson Wrigley expressed confidently that the gubernatorial debate, which begins at 7:30 p.m. this evening, will have a positive effect on his candidacy. Wrigley added, "Governor Red Davidson is a master of dirty politics, but I won't take any of his bologna."

2. For her birthday, the 9-year-old invited five good friends over for ice cream and cake. The chocolate cake was so tasty that anyone of the children could have eaten it all, but they carefully divided it between themselves.

3. Dr. Deborah Dunwoody, the new head of the Journalism Department, recently bought a house bought a house at 6 Riverside Dr. in San Mateo. [Take out "Ph.D." and "a city in the San Francisco bay area"]

4. Rome, Italy- Many Roman Catholics listened as the Pope delivered his homily today.
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  1. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2010 at 5:01 PM

    1) confidently is incorrect; p.m. or this evening; look up bologna (-3)
    2) any one (two words); among, not between (-2)
    3) lower case journalism department (not a proper name); you don't get credit if you cut an error instead of correcting it (Bay area) (-2)
    4) look up the dateline for Rome and the pope (-2)

    6/15 - You're so busy editing the sentences that you're not finding the AP style errors. Don't rewrite them; just find and correct the errors.

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