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Before winning three Pulitzer prizes in his lifetime, this Galesburg, IL native was first a journalist for The Chicago Daily News.
Who was Carl Sandburg?
President. DJ. Fun Committee President. And fan of "The Tipping Point." Who dis?
Who is Marc Capri
This type of way to start a sentence used to be frowned upon, but has become much more accepted.
What is a conjunction OR a preposition
This out-of-favor punctuation means both an exclamation point and question mark.
What is an interrobang
How now ____ cow? What's the acronym for the document that details our plan of work for the customer?
What is SOW
This gloomy Baltimore author wrote The Raven, Annabel Lee, and the Telltale Heart.
Who was Edgar Allen Poe?
Our CPE director knows why the caged bird sings. Do you know who she is?
Who is Meredith Graham
This is a correct reason to italicize something in writing.
What is: foreign words, quotes, speaking, book title, etc
# Before this was called HASHTAG (ugh), what was it?
What is pound
Name a type of bid response acronym.
What is RFx, RFI, RFP, RFQ
In 2019, this writer was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature as the first Polish female prose writer.
Who is Olga Tokarczuk
This SVP and Managing Dir of N/A calls herself a BOOK JUNKIE! She says "Crossing the Chasm" is a great book on innovation
Who is Paola Doebel
This punctuation appears before the "and" in a series of three or more items. ALWAYS. Don't argue.
What is the Oxford or serial comma.
This punctuation is used to join two separate thoughts in one sentence. Don't over-use it.
What is a semicolon
Give me an acronym for doc types that are attached to a SOW.
What is SLA, SD...?
This Indian author is known for “Golden Gate” and “A Suitable Boy”
Who is Vikram Seth
This EVP of Product and Technology recommends "A Prayer for Owen Meany"
Who is Brian Doerr
Is the following Active or Passive language? "The Joker was beat up by Batman."
What is Passive
These two (same) characters depict sarcasm in writing. They are NOT j/k or lol (gross)
What are the carets ^ ^
Do your PowerPoint decks have our new branding? If so, save them with this extension.
What is PPT
This Old Man and the Sea and the Sun Also Rises author is also known for polydactyl cats.
Who was Ernesto Hemingway
This Managing Director of our India location read a book called "The World is Flat!"
Who is Raj Bagga
Where does the apostrophe go: "The tomatoes flavor was spectacular right off the vine."
What is tomatoes'
This depicts an APPROXIMATION of something (time, quantity, etc)
What is a tilde ~
This is the file extension for Visio diagrams.
What is .VSD