Exploring Writing 2nd Edition by John Langan

Exercise 117

Cross out the mistakes in numbers and abbreviations, and correct them in the spaces provided.
1. Sanjay was shocked when he transferred from a small h.s. to one with over 5,000 students.
2. Grandpa lived to be ninety-nine despite smoking 3 packs of cigs. every day.
3. Although the 2 girls are twins, they have different birthdays: one was born just before midnight on Feb. twenty fifth and the other a few minutes later, after midnight.
4. In their first week of Span. class, students learned to count from 1 to twenty-one and studied Chapter One in their textbook.
5. When I cleaned out the junk drawer in the kitch., I found twelve rubber bands, thirty-seven paper clips, and 2 old cell phones.