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October 30, 2012  8:16 PM

Should you capitalize “president”?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
capitalization, capitalization and job titles

  Which is correct? The CEO is often the _______ of the company. a. President b. president

August 3, 2012  12:38 PM

Capitalization and long job titles



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
capitalization, capitalization and job titles, sentence structure

Which is correct? 1. Alex Keh, principal product manager for Oracle Development Tools, described the benefits of the new tools for .NET development. 2. Principal Product Manager for Oracle Development Tools Alex Keh described the benefits of the new tools for .NET development. ...


July 10, 2012  12:03 PM

Do you capitalize units of measurement named for people?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
capitalization, scientific terms, units of measurement

Which is correct? The ______  is the International System of Units' (


July 3, 2012  5:07 PM

Do you capitalize “fourth” in the “fourth of July”?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
capitalization, CIO, holiday names

Which is correct? On the ____________ in 2009, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks targeted United States government websites. a. Fourth of July b. fourth of July


June 28, 2012  4:03 PM

What’s wrong with this Twitter profile?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
capitalization, CIO, writing errors

Can you identify the main problem in the following Twitter profile? "Cindy-Loo Who* is an Executive with a passion for Leadership. A Writer, Speaker, Consultant, Coach, Mother, Wife, & seeker of...


June 14, 2012  12:51 PM

Do you capitalize “the” in publication names?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
AP style, capitalization, Chicago Manual of Style, publication names and capitalization, the and capitalization

Which 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


December 9, 2009  4:38 PM

Capitalization and organizations



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Business writing, capitalization, CIO, grammar, organizations, projects, Quiz

Which is correct? Applications for project funding must be received at the headquarters of the Philanthropic Foundation by December 11. The ________ reviews applications for funding in January. a. Foundation b. foundation


June 29, 2009  2:39 PM

Capitalization — Web server or web server?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Business writing, capitalization, CIO, Quiz, Web or web, Wired magazine, writing standards

typing Which is correct? Commonly virtualized applications include ____ servers and infrastructure servers. a. Web b....


January 27, 2009  8:43 PM

Writing for Business – titles and capitalization



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Business writing, capitalization, CIO, Quiz, titles

typing Which is correct? Our ______, Barack Obama, is actively exploring the potential of open source software for...


December 4, 2008  12:36 PM

Quiz: Writing for business — capitalization — West or west?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Business writing, capitalization, CIO, directions, east, north, Quiz, south, west

Which is correct? In the _____, server revenues were flat throughout the quarter. a. west b. West


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