Punctuation
Datelines/Titles
Most Common Errors
Why is the style guide important?
100

_______ is to make clear the thought being expressed. If it does not help make clear what is being said, it should not be there. Pg. 320

What is punctuation?

100

A list of stand alone domestic cities. Pg. 78

What is a dateline?

100

PLEASE READ AND IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM.

Home care has been expanding tremendously over the past decade partly due to technological advances that enable treatments to be a part of the home setting which at one time could only be performed within the hospital environment.

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What is a run-on sentence?

100

Staying ____ is essential whether you write romance fiction or legal documentation—and writers who don’t are the bane of their proofreader’s life.

https://www.profwritingacademy.com/4-common-style-guide-mistakes 

What is consistency?

200

Clarity is the biggest rule. Use _____ to separate elements in a series, but do not put a comma before the conjunction in most simple series. Pg. 323

What is a comma?

200

A ______ should tell the reader that the AP obtained the basic information for the story in the datelined city. Pg. 80

What is dateline selection?

200

PLEASE READ AND IDENTIFY PROBLEM.

It is through this paper that the proposed benefits of active exercise for Chronic Lower Back Pain (CLBP) will be examined.

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What is overuse of passive voice?

200

Style guides lay down the law so readers can easily understand the intended message.

https://www.profwritingacademy.com/4-common-style-guide-mistakes

What is clarity? 

300

ATTRIBUTION: Use a ____ before an author's or composer's name at the end of a quotation. Pg. 325

What is a dash?

300

In general, confine capitalization to formal ____ used directly before an individual's name. Pg. 286

What is a title?

300

PLEASE READ AND IDENTIFY PROBLEM.

By manipulating the lower back, the pain was greatly eased.

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What is dangling modifiers?

300

Of the five main style guides, only AP rules that the ______ comma is unnecessary.

https://www.profwritingacademy.com/4-common-style-guide-mistakes

What is serial?

400

In general, treat an ____ as a three-letter word, constructed with three periods and two spaces. Use it to indicate the deletion of one or more words in condensing quotes, texts and documents. Pg. 326

What is an ellipsis?

400

Capitalize _________ when they are used immediately before one or more names. Pg. 286

What is formal titles?

400

PLEASE READ AND IDENTIFY PROBLEM.

We started to unpack our equipment, pretty soon we were ready for the test.

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What are comma splices?

400

What is the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS), Associated Press (AP), Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological Association (APA), and the Blue Book. 

500

_____ are joiners. Use them to avoid ambiguity or to form a single idea from two or more words. Pg. 327

What is a hyphen?

500

Capitalize a ________ when used as a formal title before an individual's name.

What is military title?

500

PLEASE READ AND IDENTIFY PROBLEM.

Many studies indicate favorable results in function, decreased pain and range of motion.

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What is misuse of comma?

500

In essence, a __________ is a comprehensive set of rules that all published output of a particular organization, discipline, or industry will follow.

https://www.profwritingacademy.com/4-common-style-guide-mistakes 

What is a style guide?