Time element
What are today and tonight?
Words we avoid in news writing.
What are the days of the week?
Words we use to show time elements that are happening within the week.
What is setting off the year with commas?
How we write a phrase that refers to the month, day and the year.
What are Ave., Blvd., and St.
The abbreviations we use with number addresses, such as 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Where were there devastating floods recently?
Nepal.
What are the words "last" and "next" when using time elements in journalistic writing?
Redundancies
What are March, April, May, June and July in journalistic writing?
Months that we spell out in journalistic writing.
What is January 2?
The incorrect way to write a date. It should be Jan. 2.
Spell it out: Pennsylvania Avenue.
Where did Professor Patty go for the first time this summer?
What is the word "on" when using time elements in journalistic writing?
A way to make a sentence less awkward when using time elements.
What are Jan., Feb., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., and Dec.?
Words that we abbreviate when used with a specific date.
What is using an "s" without an apostrophe when it comes to journalistic writing using time elements?
It is how we indicate spans of decades or centuries such as the 1890s or the 1900s.
What are Alley, Drive, Road, Terrace, etc.?
Words that we always spell out when writing addresses.
The street car.
When do we use today or tonight in journalistic writing?
When it's in a quote or when it is not referring to a specific day.
What are Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec?
The three-letter forms we use when writing rows and columns.
What happens when a phrase is only a month and a year?
We do not separate the month and the year with commas. For example: January 2016.
What are First through Ninth?
Street name figures we always spell out.
What type of journalism did Professor Patty enjoy for most of her career?
Newspaper reporting.
What are the month and the day of the month?
How to write the time element when it's not happening within the week.
What are the day and month within the current year?
The way we write dates that occur with the year.
What is the exception to the rule of starting a sentence with digits/figures?
The year. For example, "2013 was a good year."
What is the correct way to use compass points when indicating the direction ends of a street? What is the exception?
Abbreviate: N. W. S. E.
The exception is when the number is omitted. East 42nd Street versus 222 E. 42nd St.
In order to have a robust democracy in a country, what else is essential?
A robust and free press.