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36 Cards in this Set
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The following social titles are always abbreviated.
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Mr. Mrs. Dr.
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Spell out the title ____ when using it without a name.
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doctor
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Notice that a ______ comes before a scholastic degree after a name.
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comma
Ex: John Smith, B.S. |
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Use the abbreviation of __ and ____ after a full name. Notice that a _____ comes before the abbreviation.
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Junior and Senior
comma Ex: John Smith, Jr. |
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____ and ____ may be abbreviated with the full name.
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Reverend and Honorable
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Use the abbreviations ___(before noon), ___ (after noon), __ (noon),___ (in the year of the Lord), and __(before Christ) for time and date designations.
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A.M.
P.M. M. A.D. B.C. |
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Abbreviation for well-known _____ are acceptable and you do not have to use periods.
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organizations
EX: PTO, YMCA |
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In nonscientific writing, ___ _____ all numbers or one or two words.
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spell out
EX: twenty, fifty-two |
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Use ______ for a list of numbers where some of them are three word numbers.
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numbers
EX: 12 people came, but 123 were missing |
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Do not begin a sentence with a _______, always spell out.
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number
EX. Three colleges competed. |
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Write out numbers like _,___, and so on.
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first, forty-third
EX: sixth, not 6th |
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Names of numbered streets under one hundred should be _____ _____.
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written out
EX: Fourth Street |
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Do not divide ___ _____ words.
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one-syllable words
EX: walked, not walk-ed |
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Divide words only between __________ syllables.
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pronounceable
EX: against, not a-gainst |
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Leave at least ____ letters at the right margin.
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2
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Do not carry over a _______ syllable if it can be avoided.
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two-letter
EX: empty, not emp -ty |
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Divide words with prefixes ____ the prefix.
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after
EX: Post-graduation, not postgrad-uate |
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awk means
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awkward sentence
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cap means
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use capital letter
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dict means
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use a dictionary
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gr means
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error in grammar
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frag means
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sentence fragment
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il means
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illegible writing
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lc means
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use lower case, no capital
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ms means
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error in manuscript form
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nc means
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not clear
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p means
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error in punctuation
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R means
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rewrite page or portion indicated
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ro means
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run-on sentence
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sp means
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error in spelling
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ss means
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error in sentence structure
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t means
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error in tense
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ww means
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wrong word
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x means
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obvious fault
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^ means
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something omitted (missing)
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# means
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space between words
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