EIGHT: DIGGING IN Flashcards
- Formatting a manuscript
- Navigating gray areas
- Word treatment
When an editor is looking for issues that revolve around word treatment issues, what are they doing?
They’re trying to figure out if certain words take a hyphen, is two words, or is one closed-up word.
The comma is a complex mar of punctuation whose reason for being is to do what?
To guide a reader seamlessly through a sentence.
Guiding a reader through a sentence using commas involves what three precepts?
- parenthetical statements.
- restrictive clauses
- An intentional pause
What if an author does not like commas?
If an author doesn’t like commas, for instance, you will use them only when necessary to prevent misreading.
This sentence is an example of what?
In the beginning, I went with the yellow, green, and blue flag, but later, I switched to the gold and silver.
It is an example of more frequent comma usage (this sentence makes sense & is correct).
This sentence is an example of what?
In the beginning I went with the yellow, green and blue flag but later I switched to the gold and silver.
This is the same sentence like the previous one but commas are being used only when necessary (this sentence makes sense & is correct).
When it comes to deciding upon certain “gray areas” like comma usage, what is key?
The key is to go about your editing consistently, whether you and the author/editor have decided to use every comma or to use as few as possible, & depending upon whether you are using CMS or AP.
The key to navigating any gray area is what?
CONSISTENCY
For editors & writers, what is a method that can help ensure there is consistency throughout a piece when it comes to gray areas?
You can make a note for yourself and refer to that note when the situation arises again.
For CMS what are the rules regarding numbers?
You will spell out numbers zero to one hundred. Also, any number that is spoken in two words is spelled out.
For AP what are the four rules regarding numbers?
For AP style you will:
- Spell out zero through nine.
- Use figures for ten and above.
- Use figures whenever a number precedes a unit of measure
- Use a figure whenever a unit refers to ages of people, animals, events, or things.
The following is an example of what?
The nine of use climbed twenty-seven flights of stairs and felt as if we’d taken three thousand breaths.
This is an example of the way in which to use numbers when it comes to using CMS.
The following is an example of what?
The nine of use climbed 27 flights of stairs and felt as if we’d taken 3,000 deep breaths.
This is an example of how to use numbers when it comes to AP.
What is the difference between CMS usage rules involving a serial comma & AP rules involving a serial comma?
If you are following CMS usage rules, you will use a serial comma.
Though, if you are following AP rules, you will omit the serial comma.
The following is an example of what?
This is an example of CMS usage rules involving the use of a serial comma.
If you are using AP rules what would be omitted from these sentences?
The “,” serial comma.
What does the colon do?
The colon introduces a full sentence or a list.
When it comes to colon use for CMS - what are the primary rules for a sentence?
The first letter of the first word following the colon is not capitalized.
What if there is more than one sentence following the colon when it comes to CMS?
Then, the first letter of the first word is capitalized.
What are the rules for AP concerning a full sentence that occurs after a colon?
For AP you will capitalize the first letter of the first word of a full sentence, even if it stand on its own.
For both CMS & AP what are the rules for when a colon precedes a list?
For both CMS and AP, if the colon precedes a list, the first word that follows the colon will be lowercase.
The following is an example of what?
It is an example of the colon’s use for both AP and CMS. The colon being used for a full sentence.
The following is an example of what?
The em dash being used for a parenthetic statement.
This is an example of what?
This is an example of a compound adjective that uses the “en” dash.
This is an example of what?
This is an example of inclusive or continuing numbers that uses the en dash.
The following are examples of what:
Examples of compound terms that use hyphenation.
What part of speech are these compounds which utilize hyphens?
They’re compounds that are being used as adjectives.
The following are examples of what?
They’re examples of adjectives which follow a noun and therefore do not need hyphenation.
What wouldn’t you do with these adverbs?
You would never use a hyphen for these “ly” adverbs.
The following is an example of what?
Italicized CMS being used for longer works, including magazines.
