Exercise: the best of AP style
Copy and paste the material below into a Word document. Then edit to conform to AP style guidelines. You may also find a typo or two. Print, hand in for grading. Note: Please save paper by reducing type size to 10 pt. before printing.
Are all names below spelled correctly? Editors need to recognize misspelled names, but must be certain before making a change! One point extra credit for correcting misspelled names, if necessary.
1. Irving Nern comes from Minn., but now lives at 501 Thirteenth St. E., Bismarck, North Dakota.
2. PRSSA will hold its first meeting of the semester Friday in Minard Hall 201 at 7 p.m
3. Senator Byron Dorgan will appear at a town hall meeting to discuss a two percent tax to be applied to N.D. wine sales.
4. Brittany paid $80.00 for her editing text, but received only $4 dollars at the resale desk.
5. According to state law, bars will become smoke free on February 15th.
6. Students will be assessed $1000 each to fund the university's $2,500,000 asbestos abatement plan.
7. A new Ebay consignment story at 1,502 Fifteenth Avenue S., Moorhead, promises to accept student textbooks for resale.
8. We'll give 2 shiny red apples to Pres. Joseph Chapman, in hopes of getting twice sa good grades.
9. He will leave the university at 12 midnight, and hopes to reach Sioux Falls, SD, before 4:00 AM.
10. Irving Nern, Superintendent of Schools, has announced five resignations in the History Department.
11. Governor Jon Hoeven has announced new statistics showing North Dakota has the lowest crime rate in the U.S.
12. He used to live on campus, but on Mon. he moved to a new apartment on College St.