Trying something new

Thank you to everyone who responded to the question I asked in last week's post.

One of the suggestions was posting a weekly quiz, so that's what I'm going to start this week. It won't be much different from what I have been doing, but anything to shake things up, right?

Here's how it works. I'll be offering a sentence based on stories Forum copy editors have read. You're "job" is to figure out how it can be improved. Besides the original sentence, I'll also show how to fix the problem.

So let's get started.

Here are the sentences that need to be fixed:

1. The North Dakota State Fire Marshall was unable to say what started the fire.

2. At a meeting frought with references to race.

3. She turned to the internet to help her overcome grief.

4. It was the last Blimpie's in Fargo-Moorhead to remain open.

5. The company employed six full and part-time workers.

6. A resolution was approved authorizing street improvements on 8th Avenue from Highway 75 to 28th Street.

7. The council decided to purchase several right-of-ways.

Here's how the problems should be fixed:

1. The North Dakota State Fire Marshal was unable to say what started the fire.
Marshal as in fire marshal, field marshal, U.S. marshal and marshaling forces has one l. AP Stylebook: Marshal is the spelling for both the verb and the noun. Marshall is used in proper names: George C. Marshall, John Marshall, Marshall Islands.

2. At a meeting fraught with references to race.
Fraught is spelled with an a, and not an o.

3. She turned to the Internet to help her overcome grief.
Internet should be capitalized.

4. It was the last Blimpie's in Fargo-Moorhead.
Because the story is about the Blimpie's in Moorhead closing and mentioned it was the last Blimpie's in Fargo-Moorhead, it's redundant to write, "last Blimpie's in Fargo-Moorhead to remain open."

5. The company employed six full- and part-time workers.
Full-time and part-time should both be hyphenated as modifiers.

6. A resolution was approved authorizing street improvements on Eighth Avenue from Highway 75 to 28th Street.
Spell out streets and avenues under 10 when they aren't part of an address.

7. The council decided to purchase several rights of way.
AP Stylebook: right of way, rights of way.