Abbreviations and Numbers
WHEN YOU HAVE AN ERROR IN USAGE OR SPELLING IN AN ORIGINAL QUOTE, WHAT ABBREVIATION IN PARENTHESES SHOULD YOU USE TO SHOW THAT YOU RECOGNIZED THE ERROR?
(sic)
WHICH IS THE CORRECT SPELLING:
ALRIGHT ALL RIGHT
ALL RIGHT
HOW SHOULD YOU WRITE THE DATE “TUESDAY THAT IS THE FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN”?
Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD TO COMPLETE THIS SENTENCE:
SCIENCE TEACHER ADAM CIRONE SAID, “(IT’S/ITS) THE PERFECT DAY TO GO OUTSIDE AND EXPLORE THE SCIENCE OF NATURE!”
It's
WHEN SHOULD YOU USE THE WORD “LATE” TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE?
When they have passed away/died
WHICH NUMBERS SHOULD YOU SPELL OUT IN A NEWS STORY?
1-9
WHICH WORD IS USED TO DESCRIBE A MAN AND WHICH IS USED TO DESCRIBE A WOMAN?
BLOND BLONDE
Blond🡪Man
Blonde🡪Woman
HOW SHOULD YOU REFERENCE THE SEPTEMBER OF THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN IN A NEWS STORY?
September of 2017
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD TO COMPLETE THIS SENTENCE:
ENGLISH TEACHER LYNN WELLS TOLD (EVERY ONE/EVERYONE) OF HER STUDENTS THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE SURE TO STUDY FOR THE TEST TOMORROW.
Every one
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD TO COMPLETE THIS SENTENCE:
JANE SMITH, THE FIRST (FEMALE/WOMAN) GOVERNOR IN THE STATE OF OHIO, WAS LAID TO REST LAST WEEK.
female
WHEN SHOULD YOU USE PERIODS WITH AN ACRONYM?
When it spells out a pre-existing word
CHOOSE THE BEST WORD TO COMPLETE THIS SENTENCE:
THE SENIOR CLASS (ADVISER/ADVISOR) IS ENGLISH TEACHER RICH WASOWSKI, WHO PROJECTED ENTHUSIASTICALLY WHEN STUDENTS FORGOT TO TURN IN THEIR CAP AND GOWN ORDERS.
adviser
HOW SHOULD YOU WRITE THAT THE TIME IS EIGHT THIRTY IN THE MORNING?
8:30 a.m.
CORRECT THE MISTAKE IN THIS SENTENCE:
PRINCIPAL JOSH PACKARD CAN’T HELP BUT LOVE THE FALL.
can’t🡪cannot
WHAT ARE THE TWO EXCEPTIONS FOR WHEN ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS SHOULD BE CAPITALIZED?
Proper noun or part of a formal title
HOW SHOULD YOU WRITE THAT SOMEONE LIVES IN THE FOURTH HOUSE ON SMITH ROAD?
4 Smith Rd.
WHICH IS THE CORRECT SPELLING:
AMID AMIDST
AMID
HOW SHOULD YOU WRITE THAT SOMEONE IS TWELVE YEARS OF AGE?
12-year-old
OR
12-years-old
CORRECT THE 2 MISTAKES IN THIS SENTENCE:
MR. FORTUNE WAS STILL LIVING IN THE 70’S, AS HE KEPT GETTING HIS HAIR CUT IN A FLAT TOP.
Mr.🡪Barry (first name)
70’s🡪‘70s
TO WHAT DO EACH OF THESE TERMS REFER?
HANG HANGED HUNG
Hang🡪Something presently done to an object or person
Hanged🡪Something previously done to a person
Hung🡪Something previously done to an object
HOW SHOULD YOU WRITE THAT A FUNDRAISER EARNED THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS?
The fundraiser earned $3000.
OR
The fundraiser earned $3,000.
TO WHAT DO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS REFER?
CARROT CARAT CARET
Carrot🡪Vegetable
Carat🡪weight of precious stones
Caret🡪proofreader’s mark
HOW SHOULD YOU WRITE THAT SOMEONE IS IN THE FIFTH GRADE?
EX: ____________, JODI THOMAS, PARTICIPATED IN TRACK AND FIELD.
Fifth-grader
CORRECT THE MISTAKES IN THIS SENTENCE:
YESTERDAY 5 ARMED MEN ENTERED THE ASHLAND WALMART AND BEGAN SHOOTING INTO THE AIR.
Yesterday🡪date
5🡪five
IF JANE DOE HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON A CHARGE OF HOMICIDE (MURDER) WHERE THE VICTIM’S NAME WAS JOHN, HOW SHOULD YOU WRITE THIS IN YOUR NEWS ARTICLE?
Jane Doe was arrested on a charge of homicide.