Saturday, September 20, 2008

AP Style Exercise #2 (E-H)

1. To insure the accuracy of this news story, Sarah Jones checked with her source. For Jones, this is an every day practice, not the exception.

2. As the two boys argued over who should get the last slice of pizza, both seemed equally hungry. Clearly, they had forgotten their earlier decision to forego having seconds.

3. He suspected his neighbor was selling drugs, so he called the FBI. His neighbor, however, cried foul at the accusation.

4. She grew up on the Great Plains, near Alliance, NE, where the winters are long, harsh, and the living is hand to mouth.

5. Her car was sideswiped by a hit- and- run driver on route 1-A this morning. She wasn't really injured, but the impact sent the contents of her purse helter- skelter.

1 comment:

camccune said...

10/15

1) ensure, everyday (-2)
2) good!
3) good
4) Alliance, Neb. (-1)
5) Route 1A (-2)