Monday, April 19, 2010

KEY: Extra Credit Assignment 2

Grammatically wrong

1. Defeated in the House, the bill moves to the Senate for debate.

Stylistically wrong

2. The man got a ticket for jaywalking last night.

See if you can catch what's wrong.

3. Meredith ran away from home; she was so angry that night.

These should be easy:

4. Yes, Brittney, I can figure this one out.

5. Holding their flags high, the veterans marched through town.

6. The students said they would skip class if Brittney made them do more exercises that had to do with grammar, punctuation, spelling or style.

7. I think most students in this class are a part of the class of '09.

8. "I wonder if this is how you punctuate this quote," Brittney said.

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