Exam 18: Conveying Professionalism Through Correctness

According to the standards for punctuation, whether the apostrophe goes before or after the s depends on whether the possessive noun is singular or plural.

The following sentence follows the standards for the use of numbers: "We ordered for three printers, 12 laptops and two scanners."

Which of the following is true about standards for the use of numbers in business writing?

Correct the following sentences according to the standards for the use of numbers. a) 85 balls and six helmets were stolen from the store. b) Erin has maintained a hundred percent attendance.

The following sentence follows the basic principles of capitalization: "He was asked to work for the human resources department."

Which of the following sentences violates the rules of spelling?

The following sentence does not have spelling errors: "You should use the comparative form of an adjective or adverb to compare exactly two things."

Which of the following sentences violates the rules of spelling?

Correct the following sentences according to the standards for grammar in business writing. a) The basketball team was opportunistic; they took advantage of every break. b) Joel, Tim, Fred and me were all supposed to be at the cinema yesterday evening.

"The new cards look beautifully." does not have any adjective-adverb confusion.

Which of the following sentences has subject-verb agreement?

The most frequent cause of sentence fragments is the use of a subordinate clause as a sentence.

The following sentence follows the basic principles of capitalization: "The Dean did not attend the meeting."

Which of the following sentences does not have spelling errors?

Choose the sentence that follows the basic principles of capitalization.