EXERCISE 42–1 Italics

EXERCISE 42–1 Italics

Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of italics. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time.

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Howard Hughes commissioned the Spruce Goose, a beautifully built but thoroughly impractical wooden aircraft.

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Answer: Howard Hughes commissioned the Spruce Goose, a beautifully built but thoroughly impractical wooden aircraft.
EXERCISE 42–1 Italics - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of italics. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - Howard Hughes commissioned the Spruce Goose, a beautifully built but thoroughly impractical wooden aircraft.

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The old man screamed his anger, shouting to all of us, “I will not leave my money to you worthless layabouts!”

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Answer: The old man screamed his anger, shouting to all of us, “I will not leave my money to you worthless layabouts!”
EXERCISE 42–1 Italics - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of italics. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - The old man screamed his anger, shouting to all of us, “I will not leave my money to you worthless layabouts!”

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I learned the Latin term ad infinitum from an old nursery rhyme about fleas: “Great fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite ’em, / Little fleas have lesser fleas and so on ad infinitum.”

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Answer: I learned the Latin term ad infinitum from an old nursery rhyme about fleas: “Great fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite ’em, / Little fleas have lesser fleas and so on ad infinitum.
EXERCISE 42–1 Italics - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of italics. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - I learned the Latin term ad infinitum from an old nursery rhyme about fleas: “Great fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite ’em, / Little fleas have lesser fleas and so on ad infinitum.”

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Cinema audiences once gasped at hearing the word damn in Gone with the Wind.

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Answer: Correct
EXERCISE 42–1 Italics - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of italics. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - Cinema audiences once gasped at hearing the word damn in Gone with the Wind.

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Neve Campbell’s lifelong interest in ballet inspired her involvement in the film “The Company,” which portrays a season with the Joffrey Ballet.

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Answer: Neve Campbell’s lifelong interest in ballet inspired her involvement in the film The Company, which portrays a season with the Joffrey Ballet.
EXERCISE 42–1 Italics - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of italics. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to record your activity in your instructor's gradebook. You can also review your response at any time. - Neve Campbell’s lifelong interest in ballet inspired her involvement in the film “The Company,” which portrays a season with the Joffrey Ballet.

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