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Supplemental Application 11-1
NAME
Capatalization (Guidelines 1-10) Directions: If the sentence has no capitalization errors, write C (correct). Otherwise, underline the words with capitalization errors. Write the correction above each error. Ms.
Mr.
■ Send invitations to ms. Anne Hobie and mr. Mark Marshall.
1. Jesse Mcdonald attended the party with Annette O’neal. 2. “Please inventory the supplies,” said Carlotta, “And list the items that must be ordered.” 3. His Father’s name is Martin Black; my Father’s name is Martin Block. 4. Our hotel offers many amenities (Too many to mention in this letter) to make your stay enjoyable. 5. You, officer Vasquez, and i shall fly to Orlando on Friday to make the presentation. 6. Jonas G. Edwards sr. read the recommendations aloud. 7. My Cousin won the debate last night. (this was his first win.) 8. Jennifer’s Sister has moved to Austin, Texas. 9. John Abraham, our enrollment director, recently returned from Chicago. 10. The secretary mailed the letter to rev. Renitta Rowland. 11. Sylvester “sly” Croom was the first African-American football coach in the Southeastern Conference. 12. After receiving his bachelor’s degree from Arizona State, Jack enrolled in the master’s program. 13. His advice is to the point: “people remember best what they read first and last.” 14. Cardinal John Veronzy, bishop Anna Gerst, and rabbi Jacob Golden are among ten members of the Community Action Team. 15. The Cardinal, the Bishop, and the Rabbi serve three-year terms.
Supplemental Application 11-2
NAME
Capatalization (Guidelines 11-14) Directions: If the sentence has no capitalization errors, write C (correct). Otherwise, underline the words with capitalization errors. Write the correction above each error. ■
Brimingham Ellie works at the birmingham plant.
1. From battery park at the southern tip of manhattan, boats carry visitors to liberty island in new york harbor. 2. Her address is 1629 cumberland avenue, knoxville, tennessee. 3. The City of Phoenix lies in South-Central Arizona on the Salt river, which flows into the Gila river. 4. Nicaragua, the largest country in central america, extends from the Pacific ocean to the caribbean sea. 5. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and other states in the Northeast have had an unusually dry summer. 6. Hurricane Floyd caused flooding in areas on the east coast and in the south. 7. Tupelo, my hometown, is in Northeast Mississippi. 8. Georgia is sometimes called the peach state. 9. The company’s new building will be constructed North of highway 82. 10. The park on the West Side of town is overgrown and rundown. 11. The office of information services oversees all the technology at State University. 12. Jeff Burns is an administrative assistant in the registration office. 13. Did you know that professor Jackson is retired from the federal bureau of investigation (fbi)? 14. The Alabama state senate has 75 members. 15. Next Spring, Kimberlee will be ordained as a methodist minister.
Supplemental Application 11-3
NAME
Capatalization (Guidelines 15-24) Directions: If the sentence has no capitalization errors, write C (correct). Otherwise, underline the words with capitalization errors. Write the correction above each error. ■
International Airport New York’s largest airport is John F. Kennedy international airport.
1. Records stamped “confidential” must be locked in file cabinets at the end of each day. 2. You will see ford, dodge, and chevrolet cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles at the area auto show. 3. The great sphinx, a popular tourist site, is located in Giza (outside of Cairo, Egypt) 4. The groundbreaking ceremony for the marks-rothenburg building in Meridian will be held on Thursday, september 30. 5. The Mississippi State Bulldogs won the liberty bowl in 2001. 6. My favorite Elvis Presley song is “return to sender.” 7. Marco’s most difficult course is Transportation Logistics I. 8. Georgia is sometimes called the peach state. 9. Gloria Yang, Treasurer-Elect, will take office in June. 10. Chapter 2, “internal and external e-mail messages” is the longest chapter in the book. 11. Joseph Pulitzer, a hungarian-born newspaper publisher, provided funding for the establishment of the pulitzer prizes. 12. Did you renew the subscriptions to newsweek? U.S. news and World Report? Sports illustrated? 13. Tania is enrolled in German, Geography, and Math classes at Calvin Community College. 14. If you do not already have plans for labor day, you may take flight 32 to Oakland, arrive by 10 a.m., and join our family picnic. 15. I recently purchased an IBM Computer.
Supplemental Application 11-4
NAME
Numbers (Guidelines 1-17) Directions: Underline the number errors in the following sentences. Write the correction above each error.
9:15 12th 4:30 17th ■ Is the appointment at nine fifteen a.m. on the twelfth or four thirty p.m. on the seventeenth? 1. 12 jurors agreed that the physician was guilty of Medicare fraud. 2. Dale and Raysich Architects has designed three projects in Southhaven, ten in Southaven, ten in Starkville, and 12 on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. 3. We drive about 3 hours (about one hundred fifty miles) to our cottage. 4. The Hot Dog Palace has sold 1.5 million hotdogs, but it has sold only 0.75 million sodas. 5. Each year, companies spend 1,000,000s of dollars fighting frivolous lawsuits.
6. Two hundred and forty-eight applications were received for 15 teaching positions. 7. I must receive your proposal by six p.m. today. 8. The shuttle stops at the south parking lot every thirty minutes beginning at 8 A.M., and ending at 4:55 p.m. 9. Please deliver the package marked “magnetic media” to 1 Mirror Lake Plaza and the package marked “confidential” to 1411 3rd Avenue. 10. Southern College’s football coach Danny Gunter, who is fifty-two, said he may retire after next season. 11. I like the music of the 80s. 12. Printing five hundred 8-page brochures will be expensive.
Supplemental Application 11-5
NAME
Numbers (Guidelines 1-17) Directions: Underline the number errors in the following sentences. Write the correction above each error.
■
half-hour The fee includes a 1/2-hour paddleboat rental.
1. Call 1 800 SAFEAUTO for information about inexpensive car insurance. 2. The report said that sixty-three % of the students at Columbus College do not consume alcohol. 3. I deposit 1/3 of my paycheck into a savings account. 4. The swimming pool cover fits an in-ground pool up to sixteen ft. by thirty ft. 5. The highest point in Nebraska is five thousand four hundred twenty-six feet (approximately sixteen hundred m ) above sea level. 6. Order 1 case (twelve reams) of eight and one-half by eleven-inch paper. 7. The price of gasoline has increased $.07 or 23% in the last two weeks. 8. If we print on eleven by seventeen inch paper, we can save twenty-five dollars for each one hundred brochures that we print. 9. The bank recently raised the auto loan rate by one and one-half percent; as a result, officials predict a seven to eight percent decrease in auto loan applications. 10.Our cat weighs nine pounds, ten ounces.
Chapter 11 Supplemental Apply Your Knowledge A Cumulative Activity
NAME
Directions: Identify the 23 grammar, capitalization, number, and punctuation errors in the following sales letter. Underline each error, and write your correction above each error. (For clarity, also write the word that should precede each corrected punctuation mark.)
March 12, 20-Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pashwa 8968 Liberty Court Road Little Silver, NJ 07739 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Pashw Relax at misty marsh resort, the newer addition to the growing list of Fairfield properties. As a fairfield plus member, you will earn ten thousand vacation points if you make your 1st visit before November one. Misty marsh resort is located in beautiful Gautier Mississippi which is among Pascagoula and Ocean springs. Gautier is a small town with big city connections. Do what you want to do! Take day trips to nearby New Orleans Louisiana and Mobile Alabama. Practice your swing on the eighteen-hole golf course. Fish for bass in singing river. Relax in the ninety-degree hot tub. Play miniature golf. Try your luck at one of the area’s twenty casinos. During mardi gras, join the revelers in mobile, biloxi, or new orleans. All of this possibilities are only a phone call (1-888-522-7325) or a web site (http://www.fairfieldgaut.com) away. Make you’re reservations today! Sincerely
Charlene Campioni Director of Communication
NAME
Capatalization (Guidelines 1-10) Directions: If the sentence has no capitalization errors, write C (correct). Otherwise, underline the words with capitalization errors. Write the correction above each error. Ms.
Mr.
■ Send invitations to ms. Anne Hobie and mr. Mark Marshall.
1. Jesse Mcdonald attended the party with Annette O’neal. 2. “Please inventory the supplies,” said Carlotta, “And list the items that must be ordered.” 3. His Father’s name is Martin Black; my Father’s name is Martin Block. 4. Our hotel offers many amenities (Too many to mention in this letter) to make your stay enjoyable. 5. You, officer Vasquez, and i shall fly to Orlando on Friday to make the presentation. 6. Jonas G. Edwards sr. read the recommendations aloud. 7. My Cousin won the debate last night. (this was his first win.) 8. Jennifer’s Sister has moved to Austin, Texas. 9. John Abraham, our enrollment director, recently returned from Chicago. 10. The secretary mailed the letter to rev. Renitta Rowland. 11. Sylvester “sly” Croom was the first African-American football coach in the Southeastern Conference. 12. After receiving his bachelor’s degree from Arizona State, Jack enrolled in the master’s program. 13. His advice is to the point: “people remember best what they read first and last.” 14. Cardinal John Veronzy, bishop Anna Gerst, and rabbi Jacob Golden are among ten members of the Community Action Team. 15. The Cardinal, the Bishop, and the Rabbi serve three-year terms.
Supplemental Application 11-2
NAME
Capatalization (Guidelines 11-14) Directions: If the sentence has no capitalization errors, write C (correct). Otherwise, underline the words with capitalization errors. Write the correction above each error. ■
Brimingham Ellie works at the birmingham plant.
1. From battery park at the southern tip of manhattan, boats carry visitors to liberty island in new york harbor. 2. Her address is 1629 cumberland avenue, knoxville, tennessee. 3. The City of Phoenix lies in South-Central Arizona on the Salt river, which flows into the Gila river. 4. Nicaragua, the largest country in central america, extends from the Pacific ocean to the caribbean sea. 5. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and other states in the Northeast have had an unusually dry summer. 6. Hurricane Floyd caused flooding in areas on the east coast and in the south. 7. Tupelo, my hometown, is in Northeast Mississippi. 8. Georgia is sometimes called the peach state. 9. The company’s new building will be constructed North of highway 82. 10. The park on the West Side of town is overgrown and rundown. 11. The office of information services oversees all the technology at State University. 12. Jeff Burns is an administrative assistant in the registration office. 13. Did you know that professor Jackson is retired from the federal bureau of investigation (fbi)? 14. The Alabama state senate has 75 members. 15. Next Spring, Kimberlee will be ordained as a methodist minister.
Supplemental Application 11-3
NAME
Capatalization (Guidelines 15-24) Directions: If the sentence has no capitalization errors, write C (correct). Otherwise, underline the words with capitalization errors. Write the correction above each error. ■
International Airport New York’s largest airport is John F. Kennedy international airport.
1. Records stamped “confidential” must be locked in file cabinets at the end of each day. 2. You will see ford, dodge, and chevrolet cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles at the area auto show. 3. The great sphinx, a popular tourist site, is located in Giza (outside of Cairo, Egypt) 4. The groundbreaking ceremony for the marks-rothenburg building in Meridian will be held on Thursday, september 30. 5. The Mississippi State Bulldogs won the liberty bowl in 2001. 6. My favorite Elvis Presley song is “return to sender.” 7. Marco’s most difficult course is Transportation Logistics I. 8. Georgia is sometimes called the peach state. 9. Gloria Yang, Treasurer-Elect, will take office in June. 10. Chapter 2, “internal and external e-mail messages” is the longest chapter in the book. 11. Joseph Pulitzer, a hungarian-born newspaper publisher, provided funding for the establishment of the pulitzer prizes. 12. Did you renew the subscriptions to newsweek? U.S. news and World Report? Sports illustrated? 13. Tania is enrolled in German, Geography, and Math classes at Calvin Community College. 14. If you do not already have plans for labor day, you may take flight 32 to Oakland, arrive by 10 a.m., and join our family picnic. 15. I recently purchased an IBM Computer.
Supplemental Application 11-4
NAME
Numbers (Guidelines 1-17) Directions: Underline the number errors in the following sentences. Write the correction above each error.
9:15 12th 4:30 17th ■ Is the appointment at nine fifteen a.m. on the twelfth or four thirty p.m. on the seventeenth? 1. 12 jurors agreed that the physician was guilty of Medicare fraud. 2. Dale and Raysich Architects has designed three projects in Southhaven, ten in Southaven, ten in Starkville, and 12 on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. 3. We drive about 3 hours (about one hundred fifty miles) to our cottage. 4. The Hot Dog Palace has sold 1.5 million hotdogs, but it has sold only 0.75 million sodas. 5. Each year, companies spend 1,000,000s of dollars fighting frivolous lawsuits.
6. Two hundred and forty-eight applications were received for 15 teaching positions. 7. I must receive your proposal by six p.m. today. 8. The shuttle stops at the south parking lot every thirty minutes beginning at 8 A.M., and ending at 4:55 p.m. 9. Please deliver the package marked “magnetic media” to 1 Mirror Lake Plaza and the package marked “confidential” to 1411 3rd Avenue. 10. Southern College’s football coach Danny Gunter, who is fifty-two, said he may retire after next season. 11. I like the music of the 80s. 12. Printing five hundred 8-page brochures will be expensive.
Supplemental Application 11-5
NAME
Numbers (Guidelines 1-17) Directions: Underline the number errors in the following sentences. Write the correction above each error.
■
half-hour The fee includes a 1/2-hour paddleboat rental.
1. Call 1 800 SAFEAUTO for information about inexpensive car insurance. 2. The report said that sixty-three % of the students at Columbus College do not consume alcohol. 3. I deposit 1/3 of my paycheck into a savings account. 4. The swimming pool cover fits an in-ground pool up to sixteen ft. by thirty ft. 5. The highest point in Nebraska is five thousand four hundred twenty-six feet (approximately sixteen hundred m ) above sea level. 6. Order 1 case (twelve reams) of eight and one-half by eleven-inch paper. 7. The price of gasoline has increased $.07 or 23% in the last two weeks. 8. If we print on eleven by seventeen inch paper, we can save twenty-five dollars for each one hundred brochures that we print. 9. The bank recently raised the auto loan rate by one and one-half percent; as a result, officials predict a seven to eight percent decrease in auto loan applications. 10.Our cat weighs nine pounds, ten ounces.
Chapter 11 Supplemental Apply Your Knowledge A Cumulative Activity
NAME
Directions: Identify the 23 grammar, capitalization, number, and punctuation errors in the following sales letter. Underline each error, and write your correction above each error. (For clarity, also write the word that should precede each corrected punctuation mark.)
March 12, 20-Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pashwa 8968 Liberty Court Road Little Silver, NJ 07739 Dear Mr. and Mrs. Pashw Relax at misty marsh resort, the newer addition to the growing list of Fairfield properties. As a fairfield plus member, you will earn ten thousand vacation points if you make your 1st visit before November one. Misty marsh resort is located in beautiful Gautier Mississippi which is among Pascagoula and Ocean springs. Gautier is a small town with big city connections. Do what you want to do! Take day trips to nearby New Orleans Louisiana and Mobile Alabama. Practice your swing on the eighteen-hole golf course. Fish for bass in singing river. Relax in the ninety-degree hot tub. Play miniature golf. Try your luck at one of the area’s twenty casinos. During mardi gras, join the revelers in mobile, biloxi, or new orleans. All of this possibilities are only a phone call (1-888-522-7325) or a web site (http://www.fairfieldgaut.com) away. Make you’re reservations today! Sincerely
Charlene Campioni Director of Communication
