Elementary Rules of Usage
Elementary Principles of Composition
Matters of Form
Words and Expressions commonly misused
Commonly Misspelled words
100

What needs to be placed before and or but when introducing an independent clause? 

What is comma 

100

What form should statements be in. 

What is positive 

100

How should you write numerals?

What is figures or Romen notation 

100

The word certainly 

Mannerism is used to intensify statements and often looks bad in speeches but mostly in writing. 

100

accidentinally 

accidentally 

200

When in a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction should a comma be used? 

What is comma after each term except the last term

200

Succession of loose sentences needs to be what

What is avoided 

200

When a possessive is placed before a title what initials should be omited?

What is A or The

200

The word claim may be used with a dependent clause if sense is involved. 

What is not substitute for declare, maintain, or charge

200

chanllege 

challenge 

300

What forms the possessive of singular nouns?

What is 's forms the possessive of singular nouns 

300

How many tenses do summaries need to be kept in?

What is one tense 

300

When a sentence contains parenthesis how should it be punctuated? 

What is punctuated exactly as if the parenthesis were absent but the final stop is omitted unless question mark or exclamation point. 

300

Often used in writing about paintings, music, and other arts and often confused with affect. 

Effect is a noun that means result and as a verb means bring about and accomplished. 

300

necestory 

necessary 

400

What happens to sentences when using commas instead of periods?

Breaks the sentence in two 

400

What voice is usually more direct and vigorous 

What is active voice 

400

How should references be given?

What is in parenthesis or footnotes not within the body of the sentence.  

400

A word that can be replaced with something more direct and idiomatic. 

What is Factor 

400

priviledge 

privilege 

500

What are ways you can divide words? 

What is accordance to formation, on the vowel, and between double letters 

500

Relative pronoun should come after what immediately? 

After the pronoun antecedent 

500

What kinds of quotations are not enclosed in quotation marks? 

Quotations of entire line and Quotations introduced by that regraded as indirect discourse 

500

A word that should only come first when its meaning needs to be whatever way or whatever extent but typically means nevertheless should not come before clauses and typically not sentences. 

What is however 

500

humorious 

humorous