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How often do you spell out the names of firms, organizations, and groups?
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on first mention... after... u abbreviate if they are commonly known
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When are time zones abbreviated?
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when used with a specific time
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Do you ever spell the time zones out?
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yes, when they are not with a specific time
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AUburn is in teh central time zone
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incorrect: a specific time is not given
Auburn is in the Central time zone |
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Auburn is on Central Daylight Time.
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Warner Brothers
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Incorrect: ab. when the firm does
Warner Bros: |
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Smith & Sons Inc
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When are Street, Avenue, and Blvd ab?
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When they include the number
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Are those the only ones ab?
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yes, STAB
St, Abe, Blvd |
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Which ones do you spell out?
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Road, Drive, Place, Circle, Lane, Terrace
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When are North, South, East, West, and all those combos ab?
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When a number is given
otherwise without a number you spell it out |
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116 South College St.
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Incorrect: Do not spell out when a number is given
116 S. college St. |
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I live on South College Street
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3 East Majnolia Avenue
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Incorrect: Ab. when a number is given for both Ave, and E
3 E. Magnolia Ave |
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How many letters does a state have to be ab?
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states that have fewer than 6 letters
Idaho, ohio, maine, texas, utah, iowa |
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What two states are never ab?
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Alaska and Hawaii
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When do you ab states?
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When they follow cities, military bases, national parks
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He was born in Amite, Lousiana and moved to Auburn, Ala.
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Incorrect: ab La because it is used after a city
He was born in Amite, La |
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when do you spell out the States
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when they are used alone
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He was born in Alabama.
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Connecticut
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Conn.
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Delaware
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Del.
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Illinois
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Ill.
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Kansas
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Kan.
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Louisana
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La.
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Maryland
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Md.
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Massachusetts
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Mass.
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Minnesota
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Minn.
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Mississippi
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Miss.
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North Carolina
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N.C.
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New Hampshire
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N.H.
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New Jersey
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N.J.
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Oklahoma
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Okla.
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Oregon
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Ore.
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Pennsylvania
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Pa.
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Rhode Island
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R.I.
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Vermont
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Vt.
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West Virginia
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W. Va.
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Wyoming
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Wyo.
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United States Chamber of Commererce
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Incorrect: Ab U.S. when used in titles or as adjectives
U.S. Chamber of Commerece |
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U.S. foreign policy
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Correct
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The foreign policy of the United States has been...
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Correct
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The membership of the U.N. is divided...
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Incorrect: spell out U.S. or U.N. when used as a noun
The membership of the United Nations is... |
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What months are always spelled out?
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March, April, May, June, July
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John went to Chicago in Junuary and returned February 3.
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incorrect: ab months only when used with a calender date
John went to Chicago in Janurary and returned Feb. 3 |
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The Battle of Iwo Jima started Feb. 19, 1945q
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correct
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When are days of the week ab?
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never
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when is the full name of a person used in a newsstory?
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Upon first mention... then use the last name
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When are professional titles used?
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upon first mention
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When do you use Sen., Rep, Gov, Lt.Gov, The Rev, Dr, and military titles?
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they should be ab when appreating before a name and the full name should be there
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Lueitenant Governer lucy Bacley said...
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Incorrect: Ab when the full name is used
Lt. Gov. Lucy Bacley said... |
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Governer Riley went to court...
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major
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Maj.
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Brigadier general
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Brig. Gen.
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colonel
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Col.
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second lieutenant
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2nd Lt.
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sergeant first class
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Sgt.1st Class
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corporal
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Cpl.
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vice admiral
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Vice Adm.
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commander
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Cmdr.
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lieutenant junior grade
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Lt. j.g.
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Do you ever spell out 1st or 2nd?
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yes, at the start of the sentance
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The colors are red, blue, green, and purple
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Incorrect: drop the comma before the conjunction
The colors are red, blue, green and purple |
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Do you use a comma before of?
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no
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They were Dan Jones of Opelika
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Correct
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I think you should not, but who am i to offer advice?
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Incorrect: Use a dash because it is sudden change
I think you should not--but who am I to give advice? |
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Ambition and hard work--these are the ingredients of success.
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Correct: The dash marks a summing up at the end of a sent.
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He recovered the leaky roof.
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Incorrect: Use a hyphen when ambiguity would result
He re-covered the roof. |
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He recovered his health.
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Correct
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a first quarter touchdown
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Incorrect: Use a hyphen when there is a compound modifier
a first-quarter touchdown |
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a full time job
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Incorrect: compound modifier
a full-time job |
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a 40-hour week
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Correct
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an easily-remembered rule
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Incorrect: do not use hyphens with adverbs ending in ly or with very
an easily remembered rule |
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a very good time
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She is of Italian-American descent.
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Correct
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She is Mexican American.
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incorrect-use a hyphen to express dual heritage.
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The 3 year old girl.
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Incorrect: 3-year-old is one complete though
A 3-year-old girl |
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The 6-foot-2 player...
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The girl was 3 years old.
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dont
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Incorrect: don't
use in contractions |
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The 90s
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Incorrect: Use ' in the omission of figures
The '90s |
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Three 4's
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Correct
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four As
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Incorrect: use ' in the plural of figures and letters.
four A's |
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The cars' wheels
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Incorrect: it is not natural to use the possessive here
The wheels of the car |
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The roofs of the barns
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The church's needs
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the girl's toy
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the witnes's answer
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Incorrect: common noun add 's
The witness's answer |
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Williams's play
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Incorrect: Proper noun you just add 's
Williams' play |
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Moses' law
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correct
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women's rights
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correct
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mens' rights
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incorrect: add 's to plural nouns not ending in s
men's right |
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The churches' needs
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Correct
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The girls' toys
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What puncuation always goes inside the quoatation marks?
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The comma and the period
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Other puncuation is placed how?
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according to constrcution
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"Why are you going"? she asked
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Incorrect: the girl said it so it shoudl be inside
"Why are you going?" she asked. |
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Why call it a "men's agreement"?
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Correct
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When do you spell out numbers?
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Spell out numbers below 10
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