What? The quiz is today?
I know, the word quiz might be making you nervous. It might be giving you bad memories of a stressed-out high school career. But why not give it a try as a way to see more examples of how to use–or not use–commas and hyphens with adjectives. (If you need help, the last few posts. Both topics were covered during the past few weeks.)
In the examples below, add commas and hypens as you think necessary. The correct answers will follow, next week.
- completely revised report
- high income individuals
- scarcely noticeable difference
- long term loan
- late poorly written report
- early bird special
- critical care initiative
- two long interim reports
- two long range plans
- completely revised proofs
- complete income record
- the baseball player’s home run record
- long range budget projections
- utterly ridiculous claim
- three year old children
- high earning potential
- false positive result
- one inch margin
- fully armed artillery recovery service vehicle
About the Author: Jennie Ruby is a veteran IconLogic trainer and author with titles such as "Essentials of Access 2000" and "Editing with MS Word 2003 and Adobe Acrobat 7" to her credit. Jennie specializes in electronic editing. At the American Psychological Association, she was manager of electronic publishing and manager of technical editing and journal production. Jennie has an M.A. from George Washington University and is a Certified Technical Trainer (Chauncey Group). She is a publishing professional with 20 years of experience in writing, editing and desktop publishing. You can reach Jennie at Jenruby@aol.com