AP Exercise (I-R)

1. The last time she played soccer, she suffered a serious injury to her knee. Sometimes it's hard to understand why she wants to keep playing.

2. He knows it isn't kosher, but green Jello-O is his favorite dessert. This admission prompted his friends to question both his taste and his judgment.

3. He hopes to make a billion dollars by the time he's forty. Already he figures his net income is between $2 million and $3 million, depending on current stock prices.

4. Jim said he decided to pull out of the race because of painful shin splits. However, the winner called it a pretext; he said Jim dropped out when he realized he couldn't win.

5. Ever since she joined the U.S. Navy on June 15, 1998, she has been a vocal component of naval practices and policies.

6. Sylvia doted on the puppies and raised them as if they were children. However, she was very permissive and rarely reined them in , even when they chewed her shoes. - the third mistake was the use of ever between rarely and reined

7. Janet doesn't usually consider herself quick-witted but when her editor described her paper as pablum, she retorted that although he may be a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, he still exemplifies the Peter Principle.