Numerals
What numbers do you spell out?
one through nine
What is the abbreviation for Portable Document Format?
When do you capitalize organization and institution names?
When do you use "person" in a context?
Use person for one individual.
What structure do you use when referring to age
Age-year-old
What is the abbreviation for Parent Teacher Association
PTA
When do you capitalize "Public School?'
When do you use "people" in a context?
When there is more than one person that is part of the subject.
What should be added after every three digits in a number?
A comma (ex. 3,000,000).
What is the abbreviation for Newspaper Association of America
NAA
What is the correct way to write P.M. or am.
Not capitalized, use with periods.
When talking about a specific date, is using "on" before saying the date appropriate?
No, unless its absence would lead to confusion.
When talking about money, what should be used?
Number figures or spelled-out numbers?
Number figures should be used.
When is the acceptable time to use the abbreviation PDF and PTA
All the time
When is the appropriate time to capitalize "presidential?"
Only when it is part of a proper name
Should the word "presidential" be capitalized?
No, it should be lowercase unless part of a proper name.
When referring to years, how should a decade be written?
No apostrophe "s"
correct way: 1960s
Incorrect way: 1960's
To shorten long titles
When is it appropriate to capitalize season names?
Only when being used as a formal name. ex: Winter Olympics
When is "presently" used appropriately?
It is appropriate to mean "in a little while" or "shortly".