Tuesday, May 19, 2009

If you've got the time, I've got the flubs

See if you can find the flubs in these five sentences that were caught before they appeared in The Forum.

1. The committee is seeking public comment at 7 p.m. tonight.

2. He suggested the city consider moving the Second Ward polling site.

3. Five people work at the company full-time.

4. City Commissioners voted 5-0 Monday to waive the fees.

5. Back yards are lakes; front yards are ponds.

1. The committee is seeking public comment at 7 tonight.
AP Stylebook states: times Use figures except for noon and midnight. Use a colon to separate hours from minutes: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m.
Avoid such redundancies as 10 a.m. this morning, 10 p.m. tonight or 10 p.m. Monday night. Use 10 a.m. or 10 p.m. Monday, etc., as required by the norms in time element.

2. He suggested the city consider moving the 2nd Ward polling site.
AP Stylebook states: political divisions Use Arabic figures and capitalize the accompanying word when used with the figures: 1st Ward, 10th Ward, 3rd Precinct, 22nd Precinct, the ward, the precinct.

3. Five people work at the company full time.
AP Stylebook states:full time, full-time Hyphenate when used as a compound modifier: He works full time. She has a full-time job.

4. City commissioners voted 5-0 Monday to waive the fees.

5. Back yards are lakes; front yards are ponds.
AP Stylebook states: backyard One word in all uses.
The same goes for frontyard.

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