Basics Flashcards
Academic Departments
Only capitalize PROPER NOUNS!
Do not abbreviate department.
Academic Degrees
AVIOD ABBREVIATIONS!
Only use to identify many individuals AFTER full name.
Addresses
Numbered Address: Abbreviate Ave. Blvd. and St.
Spell out & capitalize 1st-9th
Abbreviate compass points
Formal street name w/o number: Spell out & capitalize
Spell out compass point
Alone or multiple streets: Spell out & lowercase
Affect v. Effect
Affect (verb): to influence
Effect (Verb): to cause
(Noun): to result
* REPLACE the word with synonym to check usage.
Ages
Numbers for ppl & animals NOT inanimates!
Hyphens for ages expressed as ADJ.
No apostrophe 30s, 40s etc
a.m/ p.m.
Lowercase w/ periods.
Don’t use 12 noon or 12 a.m.
Held/ hold
Only use in the LITERAL SENSE.
DO NOT use held when referring to events.
*hosted or sponsored suffices
Months
Capitalize in ALL uses.
Specific Date: Abbreviate!
* Spell out the months w FIVE letters or less.
Numerals
Spell out 1-9.
Use numerals for 10 and higher, sports scores, percentages, ratios, weights.
Avoid starting a sentence with a numeral.
Over
Use for spatial relationships.
Seasons
Lowercase.
Titles
Use courtesy titles only in direct quotations.
Who/whom
Who: used for references to humans and animals with a name.
Subject NEVER object
Whom: used when someone is the object of the verb.
Oral, verbal, written
Use oral to refer to spoken words
Use written to refer to words committed to paper
Use verbal to compare words with some other form of communication
CBS
The formal name is CBS Corp., which was created in December 2005 when Viacom Inc. split into two companies. Headquarters is in New York. Owner of Simon & Shuster book publishing and the Showtime cable network, besides TV and radio properties.
