7th Warfel English - Manuscript Notes Flash Cards

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Title: 7th Warfel English - Manuscript Notes
Description: manuscript rules
Number of Cards: 36
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Author: jones533413
Created: 2008-08-25
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    • Question
    • Answer
    • Side 3
    • The following social titles are always abbreviated.
    • Mr. Mrs. Dr.
    • Spell out the title ____ when using it without a name.
    • doctor
    • Notice that a ______ comes before a scholastic degree after a name.
    • comma
      Ex: John Smith, B.S.
    • Use the abbreviation of __ and ____ after a full name. Notice that a _____ comes before the abbreviation.
    • Junior and Senior
      comma
      Ex: John Smith, Jr.
    • ____ and ____ may be abbreviated with the full name.
    • Reverend and Honorable
    • Use the abbreviations ___(before noon), ___ (after noon), __ (noon),___ (in the year of the Lord), and __(before Christ) for time and date designations.
    • A.M.
      P.M.
      M.
      A.D.
      B.C.
    • Abbreviation for well-known _____ are acceptable and you do not have to use periods.
    • organizations

      EX: PTO, YMCA
    • In nonscientific writing, ___ _____ all numbers or one or two words.
    • spell out

      EX: twenty, fifty-two
    • Use ______ for a list of numbers where some of them are three word numbers.
    • numbers

      EX: 12 people came, but 123 were missing
    • Do not begin a sentence with a _______, always spell out.
    • number

      EX. Three colleges competed.
    • Write out numbers like _,___, and so on.
    • first, forty-third

      EX: sixth, not 6th
    • Names of numbered streets under one hundred should be _____ _____.
    • written out

      EX: Fourth Street
    • Do not divide ___ _____ words.
    • one-syllable words

      EX: walked, not walk-ed
    • Divide words only between __________ syllables.
    • pronounceable

      EX: against, not a-gainst
    • Leave at least ____ letters at the right margin.
    • 2
    • Do not carry over a _______ syllable if it can be avoided.
    • two-letter

      EX: empty, not emp -ty
    • Divide words with prefixes ____ the prefix.
    • after

      EX: Post-graduation, not postgrad-uate
    • awk means
    • awkward sentence
    • cap means
    • use capital letter
    • dict means
    • use a dictionary
    • gr means
    • error in grammar
    • frag means
    • sentence fragment
    • il means
    • illegible writing
    • lc means
    • use lower case, no capital
    • ms means
    • error in manuscript form
    • nc means
    • not clear
    • p means
    • error in punctuation
    • R means
    • rewrite page or portion indicated
    • ro means
    • run-on sentence
    • sp means
    • error in spelling
    • ss means
    • error in sentence structure
    • t means
    • error in tense
    • ww means
    • wrong word
    • x means
    • obvious fault
    • ^ means
    • something omitted (missing)
    • # means
    • space between words