Numerals
Abbreviations
Capitalization
Common Grammar
100

What numbers do you spell out?

one through nine

100

What is the abbreviation for Portable Document Format?

PDF

100

When do you capitalize organization and institution names?

Always capitalize the full names of organizations and institutions.
100

When expressing a specific date, should "on" be used before the date? 

"On" should not be used. 

200

What structure do you use when referring to age

Age-year-old

200

What is the abbreviation for Parent Teacher Association

PTA

200

When do you capitalize "Public School?'

Capitalize when used with a figure or if school has a commemorative name. ex: Public School 3 or Benjamin Franklin School
200

When is the appropriate time to use "person" in a context?

When you are talking about one person. 

300

When writing numbers greater than three digits, what is needed? 

A comma (ex. 3,000,000).

300

What is the abbreviation for Newspaper Association of America

NAA

300

What is the correct way to write P.M. or am.

Not capitalized, use with periods.

300

When should a journalist use "people"?

When there he/she is talking about more than one person?

400

When referring to money, how should it be expressed?

Number figures or spelled-out numbers?

Number figures should be used to express money. 

ex. $4.00

400

When is the acceptable time to use the abbreviation PDF and PTA

All the time

400

When is the appropriate time to capitalize "presidential?"

Only when it is part of a proper name

400

How is "presently" used in AP style?

Presently means "in a little while" or "shortly". 

500

when referring to a certain decade in the past, how should it be written? 

With an apostrophe "s" or without and apostrophe?

Without an apostrophe (1960s). 

500
Abbreviations are used for this purpose.

To shorten long titles

500

When is it appropriate to capitalize season names?

Only when being used as a formal name. ex: Winter Olympics

500

In a simple serious, which comma placement is correct? 

Choice #1 or #2:

1.) The class requires books, pencils and pens?

2.) The class requires books, pencils, and pens?

Choice #1 is correct. 

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