Hyphens
She doesn’t know the “affect” or “effect” that the new policy brings?
“effect”
Name one figure that is abbreviated when used with a numbered address.
Avenue, Boulevard, Street
The dog wagged it's tail. whats wrong
What is "The dog wagged its tail"
What are the two things you should do before you open the article you’re working on?
Add your name to the document + make a copy for you to edit
Name an exception for using numerals with zero through nine.
Ages, percentages, dates, times, measurements
using a hyphen in this kind of compound...
this is well-done steak, I can't eat it. or this is well done steak I can't eat it.
what is well-done
Name three of the months that are not abbreviated when they are followed by a date:
March, April, May, June, July
Which authors are allowed to use the pronouns “I” and “you”?
what is contributor writer?
What is the keyboard shortcut for checking paragraphs and spaces between words?
CTRL + SHIFT + P or CMD + SHIFT + P (Macs)
Which form of punctuation should we avoid like the plague?
Semicolons
the article was well-written or the essay was well written.
What is well-written
“25%” or “25 percent”
What is "percent" (no symbol, always spelled out)
Which two timestamps should be spelled out?
12 a.m. and 12 p.m. (called noon or midnight)
What is our copyediting mantra?
“This is not my manuscript”
This is the error made when a comma is incorrectly placed between the subject and verb.
comma splice
This one of a kind opportunity or This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity
What is "This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity"
On October 5th or Oct.5
Oct.5
The principle of the school is very nice.what's wrong?
What is "The principal of the school is very nice"?
“Lets eat kids.” what is missing here?
Comma
the car that I have ( which I bought last year)/ the car that I have, which I bought last year.
What is ( which I bought last year)
the articles for the signal had to be peer reviewed or peer-reviewed?
What is peer-reviewed
two letter abbreviation for that is, clarifacation or example.
what is i.e?
this word is often mispelled occur/ocurr
What is occur?
When referring to an address, AP style dictates that this word should be abbreviated when it appears in a street name.
What is "Street" (St.)?
the car was going 100 miles per hour/ the car was going 100mph.
What is 100 mph?