Correcting Clutter & Confusion
Irregardless, Christian's banana bread triumphed over all the others.
Irregardless -> Regardless
Mia Guarino is a senior and a managing editor of the voice.
The Voice
T/F
You should put quotation marks around books, albums, movie titles, video games, plays, and baja blasts.
T, except for that last bit...
On Wed. Mar. 11th, Haylie will walk to school in spite of the 20 below zero temperature.
Wednesday, March 11,
Sara loves to go trick-or-treating every Halloween.
no errors
In order to get banana bread ingredients, Matt started to go to the grocery store.
DELETE: In order to, started to
Evie loves putting tabasco sauce and swiss cheese on her french fries.
Tabasco, Swiss
T/F
In general, do not use Mr., Mrs., Ms., etc., unless you are quoting someone who said it.
T
Paige made $50,000,000 dollars last summer.
$50,000,000 dollars -> $50 million
Tyler interviewed a female congressperson about global warming.
female congressperson -> congresswoman
global warming -> climate change
After Chinedu noticed there were less kids in the class than normal, he looked farther into the matter.
less -> fewer
farther -> further
Alexia travelled north to go to the american northeast, where she saw the statue of liberty.
American Northeast Statue Liberty
T/F
When quoting someone, you should use words other than "said" to vary up your word choice and provide more emotional background.
F. Always use "said" if you can.
For Xmas, Mia Ascencio wants a pet ermine, which typically weighs about four ounces.
Xmas -> Christmas
four ounces -> 4 ounces
Bondi was ecstatic when her cell phone automatically updated for daylight savings time.
cell phone -> cellphone
daylight savings time -> daylight saving time
Lis's movie review is based off of alot of experience.
based off of -> based on
alot -> a lot
Addi took pictures at the district office in the winter.
none :)
T/F
For first time attributions, you should always provide a person's identification, i.e. junior Tyler Barrus said.
T
Anna ran the sixteen hundred meter race in four min. and three sec.
Anna ran the 1,600 meter race in 4 minutes and 3 seconds.
Pheona Daniels once saw an actress carrying fifty-five donuts at once.
actress -> actor ; fifty-five -> 55 ;
donuts -> doughnuts
Dr. Belin, our school principle, was effected by the removal of Bubblr in our vending machines. He would of rather removed the Pepsi then the Bubblr, and Hoeflicker agrees.
principle -> principal ; effected -> affected ; would of -> would have ; then -> than
DAILY DOUBLE
Ava says that mcdonalds is one of the top five restaurants in america. She once saw superintendent jessica lombard there.
ANSWER + WAGER (MAX 1,000)
McDonalds America Jessica Lombard
T/F
You should put quotation marks around a city's nickname, i.e. "The Windy City"
F. Capitalize, but no quotation marks
Seventeen year old Bay has become the first eleventh grader to be an astronaut.
17-year-old ; 11th grader
wintertime