Saturday, September 20, 2008

AP Style Exercise #1 (A-D)

Please find and correct the AP style errors in the following sentences. The number in parentheses at the end of each sentence tells you how many errors are in that sentence. Be sure to consult your AP Stylebook for this exercise.

1) The new head of the Journalism Department, Dr. Deborah Dunwoody, recently bought a house at 6 Riverside Dr. in San Mateo; a lovely city in the San Francisco bay area.

2) "What kind of person would break into my apartment and steal my brand new thongs?" she asked her friend.

3) The instructor asked her students to read Chapter 6 in the text, and to pay close attention to the section on the Great Depression, beginning in the late 1920's and continuing through the 1930's. 

4) Sarah Smith has not let partial blindness nor wheelchair confinement stop her from living her life to the fullest. In spite of her handicaps, she volunteers at a local seniro center and enjoys going for strolls -- she calls them "rolls"-- with her friends.

1 comment:

camccune said...

1) See AP Stylebook entries for "academic departments" and "bay." (-2)
2) brand-new (-1)
3) see "years" entry in the AP Stylebook (-2)
4) see "disabilities" entry in AP Stylebook (-3)

15-8=7-1(late)=6/10