EXERCISE P10–1 Italics

EXERCISE P10-1Italics

Indicate in the box following each sentence which word or phrase should be changed to italic or should not be italic. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” in the box.

Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)

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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 P10-1 Italics Italics - Indicate in the box following each sentence which word or phrase should be changed to italic or should not be italic. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” in the box. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - 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 P10-1 Italics Italics - Indicate in the box following each sentence which word or phrase should be changed to italic or should not be italic. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” in the box. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - 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 P10-1 Italics Italics - Indicate in the box following each sentence which word or phrase should be changed to italic or should not be italic. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” in the box. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - 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 P10-1 Italics Italics - Indicate in the box following each sentence which word or phrase should be changed to italic or should not be italic. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” in the box. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - 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 P10-1 Italics Italics - Indicate in the box following each sentence which word or phrase should be changed to italic or should not be italic. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” in the box. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - Neve Campbell’s lifelong interest in ballet inspired her involvement in the film “The Company,” which portrays a season with the Joffrey Ballet.