AP Stylebook Exercises

3.3

4. lifelike, outfielder, interracial, IOUs

5. pianos, nationwide, PTA, Vietnam War

6. The train will arrive at noon Tuesday.

7. The U.S. Census Bureau defines the South as a 16-state region.

8. The judge ruled that because of his verbal skills he had entered into an oral contract.

9. She had an afternoon snack of some Oreos and Coke.

10. harass, accommodate, weird, likable

11. doughnut, pantsuit, plow, National Weather Service

3.4

1. The Defense Department is about to propose a new missile system.

2. FCC, hitchhiker, $3, 4 million

3. The three most important people in his life are his wife, son and mother.

4. part-time or part time, 10-year-old child, 5 p.m., 5,300

5. The Cardinals won the last game of the World Series, (or no comma) 7–5.

6. spring, fall, south, South

7. Nov. 15, the last day of February, March 16

8. Thirteen people traveled to Austin, Texas, for the rally.

9. He had 10 cents left in his pocket.

10. Homemade, well-known or well known, Italian American, questionnaire

3.5

1. The United States is sometimes not the best market for U.S. products.

2. upward, British Labour Party, Riverside Avenue, cupfuls, eyeing.

3. The Republican differed with the Democrat many times during the debate.

4. Drs. John Smith and Mary Wilson performed the operations.

5. goodwill, USS Eisenhower, cigarette, mid-America.

6. He said he was neither a communist nor a member of the Communist Party.

7. After her surgery, she had to wear a pacemaker.

8. “What a hare-brained scheme!” she exclaimed.

9. preempt, speed up, 55 mph, hooky.

10. The underworld, or Mafia, was responsible for the murder.

3.6

1. The first rutabaga eating contest was canceled because of adverse weather.

2. It’s not all right to drink an excess of beer before going to the football game.

3. As Einstein said, all knowledge is relative.

4. The state Capitol of Louisiana is located at 3722 Dagwood Road.

5. The mayor refused to go along with the City Council vote. “I dissent,” he stated.

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

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

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

9. Knopke’s hilarious 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 to never 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. Nov. 10 will mark our anniversary.

3. Do not park the car on Rodeo Drive. Instead, park it at 12 Davies St.

4. They spent $130 on a new set of nose rings.

5. Smoots moved to the North because the people there are so nice.

6. At 7 p.m., the rodeo will begin in Town Square.

7. On Sunday, 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. Correct.

11. Smith bet $50 that her brother weighed more than a 1964 Chevrolet.

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 1970s, everyone wore bell-bottom blue jeans to church.

3.8

1. In August 1985, Davies rented a rutabaga stand in Augusta, Georgia.

2. Pomerantz tied the beehive to Sen. Gramm’s cowboy hat.

3. About 1,200 Easter rabbits were killed in the explosion at Big Dave’s Bunny Warehouse, located at 2525 Hackensack Drive.

4. In the 1980s, Davies left the Midwest and moved to the Loire Valley in France.

5. Smoots brought two cups of coffee to the governor.

6. About 8% of the cantaloupes have been stuffed with rutabagas.

7. Jones bet $40 that his roommate hid his sandwich.

8. The three university professors share a house at 613 25th Ave.

9. After 2 feet of snow fell at his home in Columbus, Ohio, Davies decided to leave the Midwest and move to the South.

10. On Dec. 11, all classes will be canceled.

11. Wednesday 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 filed a malpractice lawsuit against Marcus Welby.

14. At 8 p.m., Gov. Jim Guy Tucker of Arkansas will give a short speech in front of the Gorgas Library.