Grammar and Usage
This punctuation mark can be used to combine two independent clauses without a conjunction.
What is a semicolon
In AP style, this word should always be abbreviated when referring to the United States Postal Service but written out when referring to the country.
What is U.S.
To take out an insurance policy, you would use "insure," but to make sure something happens, you would use this verb.
What is ensure
This punctuation mark is not used in AP style when listing items in a series.
What is the oxford comma
The past tense of "sneak" is this—not "snuck."
What is sneaked
"Lay" is a transitive verb, meaning it requires an object. This verb, however, is intransitive and means to recline.
What is lie
The correct AP style formatting for this time is "7 ___,"
What is 7 p.m.
To prohibit information from being shared is to "censor," while to formally reprimand someone is to do this.
What is censure
This part of a sentence receives the action of a verb or preposition, such as in "She gave her friend a necklace."
What is an object
"Hung" refers to objects, while this past-tense verb refers to execution.
What is hanged
In AP style, you should always capitalize the “T” and include a hyphen when referring to this common piece of clothing.
What is T-shirt
In AP style, "OK" is the correct way to write this commonly used word.
What is okay
"A number" is plural, while "the number" is this.
What is singular
"If Paris ____ to burn, humanity would lose priceless works of art." This verb form is used to express hypothetical situations.
What is were
By the time I arrived at the party, the football team had ____ most of the beer.
What is drunk
The difference between "effect" and "affect" is that "effect" is typically a noun while "affect" is this part of speech.
what is a verb
The capitalized version of "south" refers to a region, while the lowercase version refers to this.
What is direction
In AP style we would discuss this matter _____ and would run ______ in a marathon.
What is further and farther
This type of voice occurs when the subject receives the action, as in "The cake was eaten by John."
What is passive voice
A gerund is a verb form that functions as this part of speech.
What is a noun
When using "not only," you must always follow it with this phrase.
What is but also
In AP Style the phrase is "Media ___ plural"
What is are
"Fiscally" relates to finances, while "_______" relates to the human body.
Physically
In AP style, generational suffixes like "Jr." and "Sr." should never be offset by this punctuation mark.
What is a comma
In AP style, “gone” is a past participle, and “went” is this verb tense.
What is past tense