JOUR 61 – AP Style Exercise #2 (E-H)
(15 points)
Please identify and correct the AP style errors in the following sentences. Post the corrected sentences on your blog.
1) To insure the accuracy of the news story, Sarah Jones checks with her source. For Jones this is an every day practice, not the exception. (4)
2) As the two boys argued over who should get the last piece of pizza, both seemed equally hungry. Clearly, they had forgotten their earlier decision to forego having seconds. (2)
3) He suspected his neighbor was selling drugs, so he called the FBI. His neighbor however, cried fowl at the accusation. (2)
4) She grew up on the great plains, near Alliance, NE, where the winters are long, harsh and the living is hand to mouth. (3)
5) Her car was sideswiped by a hit and run driver on route 1A this morning. She wasn't really injured, but the impact sent the contents of her purse helter-skelter. (4)
(15 points)
Please identify and correct the AP style errors in the following sentences. Post the corrected sentences on your blog.
1) To insure the accuracy of the news story, Sarah Jones checks with her source. For Jones this is an every day practice, not the exception. (4)
2) As the two boys argued over who should get the last piece of pizza, both seemed equally hungry. Clearly, they had forgotten their earlier decision to forego having seconds. (2)
3) He suspected his neighbor was selling drugs, so he called the FBI. His neighbor however, cried fowl at the accusation. (2)
4) She grew up on the great plains, near Alliance, NE, where the winters are long, harsh and the living is hand to mouth. (3)
5) Her car was sideswiped by a hit and run driver on route 1A this morning. She wasn't really injured, but the impact sent the contents of her purse helter-skelter. (4)
1 comment:
1) ensure, an everyday practice (-2)
2) OK!
3) foul (-1)
4) Great Plains, Neb. (-2)
5) hit-and-run driver, Route 1A (-2)
8/15
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