Saturday, February 7, 2009

Revised - AP Style Exercise A-D

1. Mayor Richard Wrigley expressed confidence that the gubernatorial debate, which begins at 7:30 p.m., will have a positive effect on his candidacy. He stated, “Governor Red Davidson is a master of dirty politics, but I won’t take any of his baloney.”

2. For her birthday, the 9-year-old girl invited five good friends over for ice cream and cake. The chocolate cake was so good that any one of the children could have eaten it all, yet they carefully divided it among themselves.

3. Convinced of the bill’s importance, members of the Democratic and Republican Parties came together on Capitol Hill to support anti-terrorism legislation, despite their differences on other issues.

4. ROME – All around the world today, Roman Catholics listened as the pope delivered his homily.

1 comment:

  1. 1) Don't abbreviate a title in a quote.
    2) 9-year-old girl, among not amongst
    3) Convinced, not persuaded
    4) Look up Rome dateline and the pope.

    10/15

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