Answers to exercises 4 and 5

Exercise 4 (p. 238)

    “Good evening. Welcome to the Jay O’Casey Show. Our guest this evening is Mr. Noah Life who has spent the last several years reading the complete fifty-volume set of the Oxford English Dictionary. Welcome, Mr. Life.”

    “Thank you, Mr. OKC.”

    “Call me Jay. Now tell me, what motivated you to read the entire dictionary?”

    “Well, Mr. OKC, I mean J, because it was there.”

    “I see.” 

    “J, those happen to be two of my favorite letters.”

    “Okay.”

    “Those, too, J.” 

    “Let’s move on. Let me ask you this. In addition to I, C, and O, K, what are some of your other favorite letters of the dictionary?” 

    “Well, I’d have to say P because it has plot, but the A section was pretty good too because it has action.” “I see. Do you like T?” 

    “No, I prefer coffee, thank you, J.” 

    “You know, Mr. Life, some people say that you’re quite a shallow person. How do you respond to these critics?” 

    “I enjoy deep sea diving, J.” 

    “I see. Well, unfortunately we’re out of time. Thank you for joining me.” 

    “Uh, J, before I go, I’d just like to say hello to my kids, Dee, Bea, and Kay.” 

    “Join me tomorrow night when our guest will be the great-great grandson of the inventor of the paper clip.  Good night for now, America.”

Exercise 5 (p. 239)

“Over

“I 

“The

“I 

life.”