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US Supreme Court : Abbreviation for the Supreme Court of the United States
exclamation point : used to indicate strong feelings or high volume (shouting), and often marks the end of a sentence
Valium : A trademark for a brand of tranquilizer and muscle relaxant. Also called diazepam.
apostrophe : a punctuation mark used to indicate either possession or the omission of letters or numbers
Virginia : Abbreviate Va. in datelines only, spell out in stories
V 8 : The engine
quotation mark : used either to mark the beginning and end of a title or quoted passage
Wales : Wales is a country in southwest Great Britain known for its rugged coastline, mountainous national parks
Walt Disney Co : The family entertainment company that owns TV networks ESPN and ABC
Warden : a person responsible for the supervision of a particular place or thing or for ensuring that regulations associated with it are obeyed.
Watt : a unit of power, mostly associated with electricity
Website : a location on the World Wide Web that maintains one or more pages at a specific address
West Indies : An island chain extending in an eastward arc between the southeastern United States and the northern shore of South America
Yard : equal to 3 feet
Yellow Pages : Capitalize in describing the business telephone directory
Yukon : a territorial section of Canada
Em dash : perhaps the most versatile punctuation mark. Depending on the context, the em dash can take the place of commas
hyphen : are joiners. Use them to avoid ambiguity or to form a single idea from two or more words
ellipsis : In general, treat an ellipsis as a three-letter word, constructed with three periods and two spaces
AP STYLE QUIZ PUNCTUATION
a location on the World Wide Web that maintains one or more pages at a specific address
a person responsible for the supervision of a particular place or thing or for ensuring that regulations associated with it are obeyed.
a punctuation mark used to indicate either possession or the omission of letters or numbers
a territorial section of Canada
A trademark for a brand of tranquilizer and muscle relaxant. Also called diazepam.
a unit of power, mostly associated with electricity
Abbreviate Va. in datelines only, spell out in stories
Abbreviation for the Supreme Court of the United States
An island chain extending in an eastward arc between the southeastern United States and the northern shore of South America
are joiners. Use them to avoid ambiguity or to form a single idea from two or more words
Capitalize in describing the business telephone directory
equal to 3 feet
In general, treat an ellipsis as a three-letter word, constructed with three periods and two spaces
perhaps the most versatile punctuation mark. Depending on the context, the em dash can take the place of commas
The family entertainment company that owns TV networks ESPN and ABC
used to indicate strong feelings or high volume (shouting), and often marks the end of a sentence
Wales is a country in southwest Great Britain known for its rugged coastline, mountainous national parks