Punctuation
I use an iPhone, iPad, and MacBook every day.
What is the Oxford comma?
I use an iPhone, iPad and MacBook every day.
That girl has 9 toes.
That girl has nine toes.
This person on staff is also DT's outreach director.
Who is Luisa?
In spring 2025, the university hosted Don Toliver for SpringFest.
What is capitalizing the "University" and academic semesters (that are accompanied by a year)?
In Spring 2025, the University hosted Don Toliver for SpringFest.
"I have three midterms next week... I haven't studied at all," said Tommy Trojan, a senior majoring in journalism.
What is putting a space before/after an ellipse?
The US Capital insurrection occurred January 6th, 2021.
What is adding periods in "U.S.," the misspelling of "Capitol," and AP style for dates?
The U.S. Capitol insurrection occurred Jan. 6, 2021.
This person on staff does their own art for their articles
Who is Piril?
The Undergraduate Student Government's executive branch is overseen by President Emma Fallon and Vice President Mikaela Bautista.
What is lowercasing USG positions?
What section did Julia first write for?
He told the crowd to "Get pumped up."
What is keeping the first word in a sentence fragment lowercase?
Surfing here isn’t being recorded as an indigenous practice: it was staged as spectacle for outsiders.
What is capitalizing the "I" in Indigenous and capitalizing the first word of an independent clause following a colon?
"Surfing here isn’t being recorded as an Indigenous practice: It was staged as spectacle for outsiders."
This person on staff is the DEIA director.
Who is Lilly?
I was in the Village earlier today because I wanted a matcha latte from Dulce.
What is "at USC Village"? (same thing with at Founders Park, Associates Park, etc.)
"I was at USC Village earlier today because I wanted a matcha latte from Dulce."
The name of Heydy's long-running opinion column
What is Undocutales?
I learned my ABC's through rewatching 90s "Sesame Street" clips.
What is not using a single apostrophe for plural acronyms/using an apostrophe for shortened words/phrases?
"I learned my ABCs through rewatching '90s "Sesame Street" clips.
Kim Kardashian wore a historically iconic dress to the 2022 Met Gala–a Jean Louis designed gown originally donned by Marilyn Monroe in 1962—which faced a lot of backlash from critics.
What is hyphenating compound descriptors and em dash style (that was an en dash too)?
Kim Kardashian wore a historically iconic dress to the 2022 Met Gala — a Jean Louis-designed gown originally donned by Marilyn Monroe in 1962 — which faced a lot of backlash from critics.
This person on staff's first article was originally titled, "Honey, your AI slop is getting cold"
Who is Leilani?
The University held themself accountable by refusing to acquiesce to Trump's demands.
What is referring to the University (as well as organizations/institutions/teams in general) as "it" or "itself"?
Julia's favorite music subgenre she references frequently
What is Opium?
Banned books include The Bluest Eye, written by Toni Morrison, for its sexually explicit and communist-leaning material, 1984 by George Orwell because of its socialist messaging, and the Harry Potter series because of its anti-family and pro-violence themes.
What is a compound (semicolon-separated) list?Banned books include "The Bluest Eye," written by Toni Morrison, for its sexually explicit and communist-leaning material; "1984" by George Orwell, because of its socialist messaging; and the "Harry Potter" series, because of its anti-family and pro-violence themes.
Beong-Soo Kim, Interim President of USC, sent a community wide message regarding President Donald Trump's Compact to students and faculty on Oct. 16.
What is lowercase positions if it follows the name/hyphenating "community-wide"/if the date is within the week it's just the day?
Beong-Soo Kim, interim president of USC, sent a community-wide message regarding President Donald Trump's Compact to students and faculty Thursday.
Francisco is unable to do this physical activity (hint: orientation...)
What is swim?
Heydy's favorite slackmoji
What is dancing hamster?