AP Stylebook Exercises 2

3.6

6. Madonna certainly has a flair for fashion; she always wears expensive outfits.

7. The bomb completely destroyed Sen. Kitsmoot’s bird cage.

8. My bright-green Chevrolet, which is in the garage, needs a new transmission.

9. Knopke’s joke elicited laughter from the Midville City Council.

10. Jones lay on the floor waiting for the job interview to begin.

11. Horowitz, an ethics major, vowed never to compromise his principles.

12. At the end of the book report, Haynes cited the World Book as a source.

3.7

1. The 25 year old man wept as he left Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
2. This Nov. 10th will mark our anniversary.
3. Do not park the car on Rodeo Drive. Instead, park it at 12 Davies Street.
4. They spent $130 to buy a new set of nose rings.
5. Smoots moved to the North because the people there are nice.
6. At 7 p.m., he rodeo will begin in the Town Square.
7. Yesterday, the terrorists blew up their home at 123 Melrose St.
8. Twenty-two seamstresses were needed to mend the prom dresses.
9. About 5% of the professors have lost their hair.
10. After two feet of snow fell at his house in Columbus, Ohio, Jonas decided to leave.
11. Miss Smith bet $50 that her brother weighed more than a 1964 Chevy.
12. John Smith, the governor of California, set his trailer on fire Sept. 1.
13. A fire began at 3325 Mcdonald Drive when an oven full of rutabagas exploded.
14. During the 1970’s. everyone wore bell-bottom blue jeans to church.

3.8

1. In August 1985, Davies rented a rutabaga stand in Augusta, Georgia.
2. Pomerantz ied the bee-hive to Sen. Gramm’s cowboy hat.
3. About 1200 Easter rabbits were killed in the explosion at Big Dave’s Bunny Warehouse located at 2525 Hackensack Drive.
4. In the 1980’s, Davies left the Midwest and moved to eh Loire Valley in France.
5. Smoots brought two cups of coffee to the governor.
6. About 80% of he cantaloupes have been stuffed with rutabagas.
7. Jones bet $40 that his roommate hid the sandwhich.
8. The three university professors share a house at 613 25th Avenue.
9. After two feet of snow fell at his home in Columbus Ohio, Davies decided to leave the Midwest and move to the South.
10. On Dec. 11th, all classes will be cancelled.
11. Yesterday morning, the mayor skipped her aerobics class.
12. Davies drove 2 million miles in his old Toyota Corolla before it blew up.
13. Dr. Kildare said he had filed a malpractice suit against Marcus Welby.
14. At 8 p.m., Governor Jim Guy Tucker of Arkansas will give a short speech in front of the Gorgas Library

3.9

1. Estalene Smoots dropped her French class the first day of school.
2. Sadie Hoots won 3.2 million dollars on Wheel of Fortune.
3. Frustrated that their professor required them to eat fried rutabagas, the students walked out of class at 9 a.m.
4. The office manager had 21 plants, 62 and two puppies.
5. President Aubrey Lucas is originally from Compton, California.
6. On Oct 25th., Ruth Ann Bobetski will turn 41.