Exercise 3.10

1. What is the acceptable form of abbreviation for miles per hour? mph
2. What is the difference between civil and criminal cases? A civil case is one when an individual, business, or agency of government seeks damages or relief from another individual, business, or agency. A criminal case is one that the state or federal gov. brings against an individual for committing a crime.
3. The eyewitness found himself in an eye-to-eye confrontation.
4. If GMT is used in a second reference, what must accompany it?
5. When do you capitalize grand jury? It's always lower case.
6. Scene 2
7. Correct the spelling of "cuetips" Q-tips
8. Capitol
9. As a noun: Working class as an adjective: Working-class
10. Church of Christian Scientists

Exercise 3.9

1. Estalene Smoots dropped her French class the first day of school.
2.Sadie Hoots won $3.2 million on "Wheel of Fortune."
3. Frustrated that their professor required them to eat fried rutabagas, the students walked out of the class at nine a.m.
4. The office manager had 21 plants, 62 cats and two puppies.
5. President Aubrey Lucas is originally from Compton, Calif.
6. On Oct. 25, Ruth Ann Bobetski will turn 41.
7. Goober Hicks lives at 10 West Hardy St. He used to live in a run-down shack at 2803 Williamsburg Road.
8. Abby gave birth to a 9-pound baby boy.
9. The president invited me to dinner at the White House, but I could not fit it in to my schedule.
10. Sen. Davies said his earnings increased by 10 percent in the 1980s.
11. Barney the dinosaur will be executed Tuesday, Nov. 2.
12. Twenty-five vagabonds attacked me from behind in front of the hub.
13. Snarkle found a 10-inch long bug crawling in her spaghetti. "Great! Now I will not need seconds," she exclaimed.
14. All the men in the ROTC chapter wore red, white and blue pantyhose to class in January 1991.
15. The Bay City baseball team lost it's final game 2-1 and climbed dejectedly back onto it's bus.

Current News Assignment 1

One person was killed in a plane crash Thursday night at Danville Regional Airport. The crash appeared to have happened while approaching the runway. Witness Teresa McDaniel tells about her observations.

Plane Crash Danville Regional Airport

19 year old John Tucker was arrested for robbery in Lynchburg, Va. He was sent to Blue Ridge Regional Jail. Tucker has been involved in multiple robberies and police have been investigating his case for months.

John Tucker arrested

A woman gave birth to her little girl on the side of Route 460 in Campbell County, VA. As her husband was driving, the baby could not wait any longer. Campbell County Dispatcher, Nikki Lee gave instructions over the phone to deliver the baby safely.

Mother gives birth on the side of Route 460  

Exercise 3.8

1. In August 1985, Davies rented a rutabaga stand in Augusta, GA.
2. Pomerantz tied the beehive 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 1980s, Davies left the Midwest and moved to the Laurie Valley in France.
5. Smoots brought 2 cups of coffee to the governor.
6. About 8 percent of the cantaloupes have been stuffed with rutabagas.
7. Jones bet $40 that his roommate had hidden the 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 were canceled.
11. Friday morning, the mayor skipped his aerobics class.
12. Davies drove 2,000,000 mi. in his old Toyota Corolla before it blew up.
13. Dr. Kildare said he filed a malpractice suit against Marcus Welby.
14. At eight p.m. in the evening, Gov. Jim Guy Tucker of Arkansas will give a short speech in front of the Gorgas Library.

Exercise 3.7

1. The 25-year-old man wept as he left Hattiesburg, Miss.
2. This 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 to buy a new set of nose rings.
5. Smoots moved to the North because the people there are so nice.
6. At 7 p.m. this evening, the Rodeo will begin in the town square.
7. Thursday, the terrorists blew up their home at 123 Melrose St.
8. Twenty-two seamstresses were needed to mend the prom dresses.
9. About 5 percent of the professors have lost their hair.
10. After 2 feet of snow fell at his home in Columbus, Ohio, Jones decided to leave.
11. Smith bet $50 that her brother weighed more than a 1964 Chevy.
12. Guy Reel, 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-bottoms blue jeans to church.

Excersise 2.9 Writing Problems

1. Gilligan decided to marry the movie star because he was so charmed by the desert aisle.
2. We should always study for our exams, like that nice professor said.
3. Due to averse weather, the cantaloupe-throwing contest was canceled.
4.
5. The criminal avoided the police by hiding under a Toyota Corolla.
6. The president refused to make the trip to Tulsa due to an illness.
7. After the dead man turned out to be alive, Morgan canceled the funeral service.
8. Less than a hundred pumpkins were piled in Smith's car.
9. Hurricane Bubba devastated the Gulf Coast, causing $10 billion in damages. 
10.  The dancing troupe refused to buy their tights on wholesale.
11. The restaurant owners increased the price of rutabagas by 100 percent every time Mark Arnold came to town.
12. The journalist's cannon of ethics prohibits taking gifts from sources.
13. Journalists should stay true to one principle: Always be accurate.

Exercise 2.7 Punctuation

1. Nobody knows the trouble I've seen, nobody knows but Jesus.
2. The responsible reporter, one who is scrupulously honest will still encounter problems.
3. Abraham Lincoln died on April 15, 1865, after being shot while attending a play at Fords Theater.
4. My son was born on Nov. 15, 1980. It was a Saturday, so I didn't get to go to the football game.
5. Why don't you come over to my place?
6. Writing for the mass media takes much skill, perseverance and hard work.
7. Wow, I couldn't think of any place better to eat myself.
8. According to my professor, the world is absolutely, positively flat and you should never forget it.
9. Where are the carpenters? Where are the bricklayers? And most of all, where are the gardeners when we need them most?
10. I couldn't come to class today. Jan said because I had the flu.
11. Joe got a new computer, which set his parents back a good bit and he's been dying to tell everyone about it. 

Summer Happenings

My roommate, Fantasia, spent her summer in Jacksonville, Florida. Though she had enjoyed her stay for the most part, a few incidents that she had not anticipated occurred. In late July she visited the Jacksonville Zoo with her cousins. She decided to go with them despite her fear of animals. At the zoo there were birds that were not kept in cages – they just roamed around the room. Fantasia expressed how scared she was when her four-year-old cousin went to pick one up. However, she was not aware that she would be brought to another challenge that day to overcome her fear. As her and her family continued on through the zoo, they were brought to the section where the giraffes were. There you were allowed to feed the giraffes. Each of Fantasia’s cousins fed a giraffe and the oldest one dared her to do the same. In spite of her fear of animals she decided to take a shot. This was not the best day for Fantasia to be brave. The giraffe bit her, resulting in having to get six stitches on her left ring finger, which did not help conquer her fear unfortunately. To add to her troubles, her car keys went missing. Luckily her and her cousins were able to find their way home via public transportation and her parents had a spare key to the car at their house.

What is good writing? What does it look like?

To me, good writing always comes from the heart, it is an expression of yourself and it enables you to show your own personality with a unique twist. While incorporating good organization and professionalism, an excellent piece of writing will grab a reader’s attention. Good writers leave an impact on their audiences’ minds and cause them to think and ask questions, it is very thought provoking. A good writer can make any subject or topic interesting through the way that they approach it. They also bring their own ideas, outlooks, or opinions about whatever subject they decide to talk about in their work.

            Whenever I read an article and I consider it to be great, it means it has gone above my expectations, it stands out to me, it causes me to visualize and create pictures in my mind, and it grabs me emotionally. The writer’s main thoughts are communicated efficiently through their work and it is well structured. Good writers incorporate techniques such as metaphors or analogies to expand their ideas and causes to reader to relate to it more. More mechanically speaking, the writing should have fluency within it’s sentences, few grammatical errors, and all ideas should flow in an orderly fashion.