Sunday, October 12, 2008

AP Style Exercise (S-Z), v. 2

15 errors / 15 points / 1 bonus point
Please identify and correct the AP style and other errors in the following sentences.

1) When he heard the building plan 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 quite different from the other homes in her middle-class neighborhood. (4)
4) To celebrate Veterans Day, the anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I, troops 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 such a weirdo. (3)

BONUS:
• The man was arrested for brandishing a 12-gauge shotgun outside his home. (1)

1 comment:

camccune said...

Perfect! 15+1(bonus)=16/15