Michael Scott

Name ______________________________________________________________________________________

Style Exercise 12

The sample story below contains grammar, spelling, punctuation and style errors. As you read, correct each error,
following the guidelines in the AP Stylebook. Some lines of the story have more than one error, while others do not
have any errors. If a line does not contain an error, write correct on the adjacent answer blank.

Band needs to be Capitalized

The Bearcats Marching band brought 1. ___________________________________________________
Correct
home the 2015 Contest of Champions 2. ___________________________________________________
Capitalize Grand champion cup and abbreviate ST.
grand champion cup from Saint Petersburg, 3. ___________________________________________________
Correct
Fla., on Oct. 12. 4. ___________________________________________________
Marching and Bearcars needs to be capitalized
The marching bearcats fought hard 5. ___________________________________________________
Crowd-pleasing should have a hyphen
for the prize with a crowd pleasing 6. ___________________________________________________
Correct
routine that mashed up Lady Gaga’s 7. ___________________________________________________
Correct
Edge of Glory, Beyonce’s Halo, and 8. ___________________________________________________
Punctuation around the song title
Brave by Sara Bareilles. 9. ___________________________________________________
Correct
“It was the Sasha Fiercest drill 10. ___________________________________________________
Correct
ever!” Drum Major Amy Larkin 11. ___________________________________________________
Correct
said. We were so pumped by that 12. ___________________________________________________
Correct
music, we knew we could win. 13. ___________________________________________________
Perform is spelled wrong
The band had to preform twice, 14. ___________________________________________________
Musicians is spelled wrong
and the musiciens worried that the 15. ___________________________________________________
Affect is mispelled
Florida heat would effect their 2nd 16. ___________________________________________________
Correct
performance. “It wasn’t bad in the 17. ___________________________________________________
Comma for morning between morning and but
morning but we were sweating in 18. ___________________________________________________
Correct
the afternoon,” trumpet player 19. ___________________________________________________
Senior shouldn't be capitalized
Josh Roamer, Senior, said. 20. ___________________________________________________
Correct
After the win, the marching 21. ___________________________________________________
Correct
Bearcats went to Orlando to celebrate 22. ___________________________________________________
Correct
at “The Wizarding World of Harry 23. ___________________________________________________
Put a comma for studios
Potter” at Universal Studios Fla. 24. ___________________________________________________
Remove was, maybe.
The band also was featured on 25. ___________________________________________________
WFLA TV, the NBC affiliate in Correct
26. ___________________________________________________
Spell Florida in full...
Tampa, Fla. 27. ___________________________________________________

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