Saturday, February 13, 2010

AP exercises A-D

A: Mayor Richard Wrigley expressed confidence that the gubernatorial debate, beginning at 7:30 p.m., will have a positive affect on his candidacy, adding, “Governor Red Davidson is a master of dirty politics, but I won’t take any of his boloney.”

B:For her birthday (1) the 9-year-old girl invited five good friends over for ice cream and cake. The chocolate cake was so tasty that any one of the children could have eaten it all, but they carefully divided it among themselves. (1: removed the comma.)

C: The new head of the journalism department, Dr. Deborah Dunwoody, recently bought a house at 6 Riverside Drive in San Mateo, a city in the San Francisco Bay area.

D: Rome, Italy - All around the world Roman Catholics listened today as the Pope delivered his homily.
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  1. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2010 at 4:04 PM

    1) p.m. or this evening, not both; don't abbreviate the title "Governor" in a quote; look up affect and bologna. (-4)
    2) 9-year-old girl; among, not between (-2, comma was OK)
    3) Drive; Bay area (-2)
    4) What happened to the Rome dateline? Look up "pope" (-2)

    5/15

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