Punctuation
a. "I am not staying." He said.
b. "I am not staying," He said.
c. "I am not staying" he said.
d. "I am not staying," he said.
What is d?
Correct this: I had 4 sandwiches.
What is I had four sandwiches.
In general, numbers under 10 are written out: one, two, three, four, five...
Do you create a flier or a flyer?
What is flier
Which is correct?
a) U.S. President Joe Biden
b) U.S. president Joe Biden
What is a) U.S. President Joe Biden
Correct this: a six year old boy
What is a 6-year-old boy
Note: Use hyphens for ages expressed as adjectives before a noun or as substitutes for a noun. Like this: a 6-year-old girl; an 8-year-old law; the 7-year-old house.
Correct this: Chicago, Ill.
What is Chicago?
Which one is correct?
a) Its all good!
b) It's all good!
What is b.
it's = it is
Correct this:
The President issued a statement.
What is:
The president issued a statement.
What is the correct way to write this time in digits ? Two o'clock in the afternoon (12-hour U.S. clock)
What is 2 p.m.
Correct this: a $5 million dollar lawsuit
What is a $5 million lawsuit.
Correct this: Cleveland, OH
What is Cleveland, Ohio
Do you research the "effects" or the "affects"?
What is the "effects?"
A good way to remember this: You affect the effects.
NOTE: Affect, as a verb, means to influence.
Effect, as a noun, means result
Which is correct?
a) Maura Healey, the first elected female governor in Massachusetts history
b) Maura Healey, the first elected female Governor in Massachusetts history
What is a) Maura Healey, the first elected female governor in Massachusetts history
Titles are lower case after a person's name.
Correct this: Sesame Street muppets include Grover, Cookie Monster, and Elmo.
What is the last comma doesn't belong.
(No Oxford comma in AP Style.)
Correct this: 327 North Russell Drive
What is 327 N. Russell Drive
The four post-graduates are ________ of Emerson. a. alumnus b. alumna c. alumni d. alumnae e. alums
What are e. alums?
Note: The terms alumnus (s.) and alumni (pl.) for men, and alumna (s.) and alumnae (pl.) for women, are acceptable under AP style.
For gender neutral, use alum or alums.
Correct the following: Doctors Spock and Strangelove
Who are Drs. Spock and Strangelove
Which one is correct?
1. He promised this: Brady will buy breakfast, lunch and dinner.
2. He promised Brady will buy the following: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
What is...they are both right!
Capitalize the first word after a colon only if it is a proper noun or the start of a complete sentence.
Note: A colon often can be effective in giving emphasis.
She had only one habit: eating.
Correct the sentence below.
30 people protested in front of his office.
What is...
Thirty people protested in front of his office.
Correct this: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Which is correct?
a) Their on there way they're
b) They're on their way there
c) There on they're way their
What is b) They're on their way there
They're = they are
Their = possessive
There = place
Which is correct?
a. Vice President Kamala Harris told the crowd Democrats are worried about democracy.
b. Kamala Harris, the vice president, told the crowd Democrats are worried about Democracy.
What is a. Vice President Kamala Harris told the crowd Democrats are worried about democracy.