October 3, 2012 1:22 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
AP style,
AP vs. Chicago style,
Chicago style,
punctuationI'm taking another run at yesterday's Q&A. I was apparently wrong about being wrong. I'd been using em dashes correctly all along, if only by accident, since we loosely follow AP...
August 21, 2012 2:11 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
AP style,
CIO,
grammar wars,
non-standard grammar,
verb tense,
verbsWhich is correct?
I'm cleaning up my Facebook account, unfriending people I don't know and the ones I wish I didn't know that have somehow ______ in.
a. snuck
b. sneaked
June 14, 2012 12:51 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
AP style,
capitalization,
Chicago Manual of Style,
publication names and capitalization,
the and capitalizationWhich is correct?
In ________________, David Segal wrote that his previous column had made readers scrutinize their cell phone bills -- and that many found fraudulent charges: They'd been
June 12, 2012 2:25 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
AP style,
hello/goodbye,
hyphenationWhich is correct?
According to some lexicographers, we may soon be saying ______ to the word hello because so much communication these days is through social networking sites, such as
May 23, 2012 2:16 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
AP style,
formal writing,
grammar,
singular theyWhich is correct?
If a new employee has only worked in a WYSIWYG interface before, _____ may be very confused by the
April 13, 2010 12:36 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
AP style,
Business writing,
CIO,
commonly confused words,
grammar,
Quiz,
that/whichWhich is correct?
EINSTEIN is the product of government projects ______ were undertaken to improve U.S. government services on the Internet.
a. which
b. that
March 15, 2010 2:58 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
AP style,
Business writing,
CIO,
dot.com or dot-com,
grammar,
Quiz,
spellingWhich is correct?
Both the _______ domain and Site Director Margaret Rouse celebrate their birthday March 15.
a. dotcom
b. dot.com
c. dot-com
March 12, 2010 3:54 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
AP style,
Business writing,
CIO,
coopt or co-opt,
grammar,
hyphenation,
QuizWhich is correct?
If you believe your computer has been __________ into a botnet, call your system...
March 11, 2010 2:19 PM
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
AP style,
Business writing,
CIO,
forecast or forecasted,
grammar,
irregular verbs,
QuizWhich is correct?
The global pharmaceutical market is ________ to exceed $975 billion by 2013.
a. forecast
b. forecasted
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