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The Rams are going to the state finals
What is The Rams win a spot in the state finals (Change passive to active voice)
100
The Rams inched out a win against the Bulldogs with a 53 to 52 victory.
What is The Rams inched out a win against the Bulldogs with a 53-52 victory. (Use an n-dash when writing sports scores)
100
"I'm really proud of my team for pulling together for a perfect season", said Coach Hank Hampton.
What is "I'm really proud of my team for pulling together for a perfect season," said Coach Hank Hampton. (Close direct quotations with a comma INSIDE the quotation marks)
100
According to snopes, the facebook privacy disclaimers that people often copy and paste into the status updates are a hoax.
What is According to Snopes, the Facebook privacy disclaimers that people often copy and paste into the status updates are a hoax. (Capitalize the names of websites but do not punctuate them.)
200
Airline officials planning remodel for new airport.
What is Airline officials planning remodel for new airport (remove the period)
200
Only nine Rutherford students participated in the Farm Bureau speaking contest.
What is correct
200
Squad members must bring their pom-poms, uniforms and hair ribbons to practice tomorrow.
What is correct (Do not use a comma before the conjunction in a series or list)
200
Environmental science classes will be traveling to Moultry, GA for the Sunbelt Agriculture Expo.
What is Environmental science classes will be traveling to Moultry, Ga. for the Sunbelt Agriculture Expo. (Do not use postal abbreviations for states)
300
Rutherford Technology classes participate in the "Hour of Code"
What is Rutherford technology classes participate in the "Hour of Code" (Only capitalize first word of headline and subheadline or proper nouns)
300
Lewis Tyrone is short for a forward, measuring in at five feet six inches tall.
What is Lewis Tyrone is short for a forward, measuring in at 5-feet-6-inches tall. (Always use numerals for measurements.)
300
"The Rams fall sports team had the highest G.P.A. for the county, but there is still room for improvement," said Principal John Killingsworth.
What is "The Rams fall sports team had the highest G.P.A. for the county. But there is still room for improvement," said Principal John Killingsworth. (Do not use compound sentences)
300
"The mission of the Science Club is to infect young students with a love for the subject," said Adviser Terri Manning.
What is correct (capitalize titles that appear before the person's name)
400
Anchor Club Volunteers at the Homeless Shelter
What is Anchor Club volunteers at the homeless shelter (Only capitalize first word of headline and subheadline or proper nouns)
400
The parade route will travel down School Ave., 6th Street and Helen Ave.
What is correct (Use suffixes for ordinal numbers in addresses)
400
While many students enjoy their elective classes, the majority of Rams reported that they struggled in their math and English courses.
What is correct (Use commas to set off prepositional phrases at the beginning of a sentence)
400
On average, students report studying for Biology class 15 minutes per day after school.
What is On average, students report studying for biology class 15 minutes per day after school. (Only capitalize classes that are a language OR are followed by a number)
500
Jump rope for the American Heart Association
What is Rams jump rope for the American Heart Association (Must have a subject and a verb)
500
Mrs. Bryant was disappointed that only 8 of her 44 journalism students made A's on their test.
What is correct (If the sentence contains a number ten or greater, use numerals to express both numbers)
500
Published Dec. 6, 2013 at 06:32 PM CST.
What is correct (Use a comma to separate the month from the year when typing the publication line)
500
Rutherford students reported that "Catching Fire" was on the top of their lists for must-see movies this fall.
What is correct (Capitalize everything except prepositions and conjunctions in movie titles AND do not capitalize the names of seasons)