Tham khảo tài liệu 'mastering machanics 8', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 118 Part II Mastering Mechanics Q. Megan often revs up her motorcycle and speeds south arriving at the shores of the mississippi river around sunset. A. correct Mississippi River. The first underlined word is a direction not an area so lowercase is appropriate for south. The second underlined term is a proper specific name so capital letters are needed. 41. Rowing across the hudson river is difficult for Andy who hates oceans lakes and all bodies of water. 42. Andy who was born in schenectady new york pretends to be a ukranian prince. 43. His latest bride Abby hails from an island near Andy s castle which is just north of the strait of gibraltar. 44. Megan gave a wedding present to the happy couple two round-trip tickets to a beautiful natural canyon in the southwest. 45. The last time Megan visited new mexico she was arrested by a constable visiting from europe. 46. The fact that I am not from this continent is no reason to deny my arresting privileges said Constable Creary. The north american justice system was modeled after the one in my country. 47. Do you expect me to honor a trans-atlantic arrest queried the judge. 48. The european cop who was actually from belgium was so discouraged that he grabbed a turkish towel and sent out for a spanish omelet. 49. Megan did no jail time in santa fe but she was imprisoned briefly in a small village north of omaha. 50. Her offense was wading in a stream and trampling on six gardens in the west. AM or . Capitalizing Abbreviations Abbreviations save you time but they also present you with a couple of annoying problems namely whether to capitalize or lowercase and whether a period is needed. The world of abbreviations I must confess is prime real estate for turf wars. Some publications and institutions proudly announce that we don t capitalize . whereas others declare exactly the opposite choosing AM instead. Both are correct but don t mix the .
