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Ap Style Study Guide Flashcards

1
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Define Affect

A

a verb and means to influence

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12 a.m. or Midnight

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Midnight

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Moreno Valley, CA or Moreno Valley, Calif

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Moreno Valley, Calif

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Right or Wrong: Yesterday 7 athletes got injured during the game.

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Right

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5
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What do you use quote marks for?

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use quote marks for exact word-for-word comments

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True or False: Lowercases season names except when it’s part of a formal name.

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True

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7
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Define spacing

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Use only one space between sentences

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What does the word “over” generally refers to?

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It generally refers to spatial relationships

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9
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Mister or Mr.

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Mr.

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10
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Define effect

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as a verb: means to cause

as a noun: means result

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I want DVD’s from the movie store or I want DVDs from the movie store

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I want DVDs from the movie store

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True or False: use passed away, not died

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False: use died, not passed away

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When can you use the word “to” as?

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use “to” between two dates, times or numerals

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Lions, tigers, and bears or Lions, tigers and bears

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Lions, tigers and bears

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True or False: Use apostrophes for ages expressed as adjectives before a noun

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False: Use hyphens for ages expressed as adjectives before a noun

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16
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When can you use numerals?

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Use numerals for sports scores, percentages, court decisions, ratios, weights, and with million or billion

17
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When can you use the word “then”?

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Use “that” for essential clauses

18
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When can you use the word “which”

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Use “which” for nonessential clauses

19
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When can the word “who” be used?

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Who is a pronoun used for referencing to human beings and to animals with a name

20
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When can the word “whom” be used?

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Whom is used when someone is the object of the verb or preposition.

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