Exercise 55.1

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XI. Mechanics (Chapters 55-57)

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Exercise 55.1

Correct the capitalization errors in the following sentences.

This activity contains 10 questions.

On july 17, 1996, a Trans World airlines passenger plane crashed into the atlantic ocean, killing all 230 people aboard.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

Bound for paris, france, the boeing 747 disappeared from Radar screens at 8:48 p.m.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

The plane was about fifty miles East of the Airport when it plunged into the Ocean about ten miles South of East Moriches, long island.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

The US coast guard conducted a futile rescue effort, and the national transportation safety board carried out a long investigation.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

Meanwhile, rumors circulated on the internet and a well-known Politician claimed, "the plane was shot down by a US navy missile."

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I logged on to http://www.cbpp.org/pa-1.htm and found a report called "Pulling apart: a State-by-state analysis of income Trend."

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The report, published by the center on Budget and policy priorities, says that "in 48 States, the gap between the incomes of the richest 20 percent of families with children and the incomes of the poorest 20 percent of families with children is significantly wider than it was two Decades ago." (only Alaska and north Dakota bucked the trend.)

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Individual states could counteract this National trend (Few, however, have done so).

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My Nephew, Julius Evans, jr., is a Junior at San Francisco state university.

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So, we’ll sit no more a'writing
so late into the night,
though our minds be still a burning,
and our thoughts be still as bright.
[The first stanza of a poem by Doug Downs]

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

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Exercise 55.1

On july 17, 1996, a Trans World airlines passenger plane crashed into the atlantic ocean, killing all 230 people aboard.

Bound for paris, france, the boeing 747 disappeared from Radar screens at 8:48 p.m.

The plane was about fifty miles East of the Airport when it plunged into the Ocean about ten miles South of East Moriches, long island.

The US coast guard conducted a futile rescue effort, and the national transportation safety board carried out a long investigation.

Meanwhile, rumors circulated on the internet and a well-known Politician claimed, "the plane was shot down by a US navy missile."

I logged on to http://www.cbpp.org/pa-1.htm and found a report called "Pulling apart: a State-by-state analysis of income Trend."

Individual states could counteract this National trend (Few, however, have done so).

My Nephew, Julius Evans, jr., is a Junior at San Francisco state university.

So, we’ll sit no more a'writing so late into the night, though our minds be still a burning, and our thoughts be still as bright. [The first stanza of a poem by Doug Downs]

So, we’ll sit no more a'writing
so late into the night,
though our minds be still a burning,
and our thoughts be still as bright.
[The first stanza of a poem by Doug Downs]