Saturday, September 13, 2008

A.P Stylebook Excercise A-D

1) The new head of the journalism department, Dr. Deborah Dunwoody Ph.D., recently bought a house at 6 Riverside Drive in San Mateo, a lovely city in the San Francisco Bay Area. (4)

2) “What kind of person would break in to my apartment and steal my brand new thongs?” she asked her friend. (3)

3) The instructor asked her students to read chapter six in the text and to pay close attention to the section on the Great Depression, which began in the late 1920s and continued through the 30s. (5)

4) Sarah Smith has not let partial blindness or wheelchair confinement stop her from living life to the fullest. In spite of her handicaps, she volunteers at a local senior center and enjoys going for strolls, she calls them “rolls,” with her friends. (3)

1 comment:

camccune said...

1) pick one: Dr. or Ph.D.
2) check "brand new" when used as an adjective
3) Errors: chapter six; good job spotting the years
4) Check the AP Stylebook's entry on "disability" to spot the problems in this sentence. Also, "in spite of" is not correct -- check to see what is.

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