In with the old, in with the new

We have a mix of old and new style mistakes in this week's post.

First the new ones:

Example one:
Raw copy, wrong--"listed Fargo as number 24"
It should be--"listed Fargo as No. 24"

Example two:
Raw copy, wrong--"time spent playing videogames"
It should be--"time spent playing video games"

Example three:
Raw copy, wrong--"sunset clauses for all Federal programs"
It should be--"sunset clauses for all federal programs"
AP Stylebook: federal Use a capital letter for the architectural style and for corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their formal names: the Federal Trade Commission. Lowercase when used as an adjective to distinguish something from state, county, city, town or private entities: federal assistance, federal court, the federal government, a federal judge.

Example four:
Raw copy, wrong--"message book and bible"
It should be--"message book and Bible"
AP Stylebook: Bible Capitalize, without quotation marks, when referring to the Scriptures in the Old Testament or the New Testament. Capitalize also related terms such as the Gospels, Gospel of St. Mark, the Scriptures, the Holy Scriptures. Lowercase biblical in all uses. Lowercase bible as a nonreligious term: My dictionary is my bible.

Here are some repeat mistakes:

Example one:
Raw copy, wrong--"since the mid 1990's"
It should be--"since the mid-1990s"
AP Stylebook: Use a hyphen when mid- precedes a figure: mid-30s.
AP Stylebook: Use an s without an apostrophe to indicate spans of decades or centuries: the 1890s, the 1800s.

Example two:
Raw copy, wrong--"fines for not wearing seatbelts"
It should be--"fines for not wearing seat belts"

Example three:
Raw copy, wrong--"requiring multi-national corporations to pay more Minnesota taxes"
It should be--"requiring multinational corporations to pay more Minnesota taxes"

Example four:
Raw copy, wrong--did not return a voicemail"
It should be--did not return a voice mail"