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100

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.

100
Correct this: I had 4 sandwiches.
What is I had four sandwiches.
100
Correct this: 1st Street
What is First Street
100

Do you create a flier or a flyer?

What is flyer
(Flyer is the preferred term for handouts or aviation)

100

Which is correct?

a) U.S. President Joe Biden

b) U.S. president Joe Biden 

What is a) U.S. President Joe Biden

200
Correct this: She had only one habit: Eating.
What is Eating needs to be lowercase.
200
Correct this: A six year old boy
What is a 6-year-old boy
200

Correct this: San Diego, Cal.

What is San Diego

200
"Toward" versus "Towards"
What is "toward"
200

Correct this: The President issued a statement.


What is The president issued a statement.

300
What is the correct way to write this time in digits? Two o'clock in the afternoon
What is 2 p.m.
300
Correct this: $5 million dollar lawsuit
What is $5M lawsuit.
300

Correct this: Cleveland, OH

What is Cleveland, Ohio

300
Do you research the "effects" or the "affects"?
What is the "effects"
300

Which is correct?
a) Michelle Wu, Boston's newly elected mayor,
b) Boston's Newly Elected Mayor, Michelle Wu

What is a) Michelle Wu, Boston's newly elected mayor

Titles are lower case after a person's name.

400

Correct this: The group is Hanna, Lydia, and Jackson.

What is the last comma does not belong.
(No Oxford comma in AP Style.)

400
Correct this: He is my number one choice.
What is He is my No. 1 choice.
400
Correct this: 327 North Russell Drive
What is 427 N. Russell Drive
400

The four post-graduates are ____ of Emerson. a. alumnus b. alumna c. alumni d. alumnae e) alums

Who are the alums

(Alums is the preferred gender-neutral term)

400

Correct the following: Doctors Spock and Strangelove 

What is Drs. Spock and Strangelove 

500

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: The colon often can be effective in giving emphasis: 

She had only one habit: eating.

500

Correct this: 30 people protested in front of his office.

What is...

Thirty people protested in front of his office.

500

Correct this: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

What is 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
500

Correct the similar-sounding words in this sentence: Their on there way they're.

What is: They're on their way there. 

500

Which is correct?
a. Vice President Kamala Harris, elected in 2020, told the crowd Democrats are worried about democracy.
b. Kamala Harris, the vice president elected in 2020, told the crowd Democrats are worried about Democracy.

What is a. Vice President Kamala Harris, elected in 2020, told the crowd Democrats are worried about democracy.