We all need learnin'

Everyone could use a little education. That includes reporters and copy editors. With this post, we'll offer a quiz based on recent education-themed sentences that were edited before getting into The Forum.

See if you can pick out the flubs.

1. About 40 percent of Minnesota students in grades 5 and 8 are proficient in science.

2. Seven members of her cabinet joined her on stage.

3. Many of the south side schools will be full because of the south side's growth.

4. The district anticipates an enrollment of 860 kindergarteners.

5. It's the first year both districts are offering all-day kindergarten district-wide.

6. Thirty-two percent of the state's 12th graders smoke.

7. But five-year-old Ellen is excited she gets to be like her big brother.

1. About 40 percent of Minnesota students in grades five and eight are proficient in science.

2. Seven members of her Cabinet joined her on stage.
AP Stylebook says: cabinet Capitalize references to a specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president, king, govvernor, etc. The capital letter distinguishes the word from the common noun meaning cupboard, which is lowercase.
The example refers to Minnesota State University Moorhead President Edna Szymanski's Cabinet of advisers.

3. Many of the southside schools will be full because of the southside's growth.

4. The district anticipates an enrollment of 860 kindergartners.

5. It's the first year both districts are offering all-day kindergarten districtwide.
AP Stylebook says: -wide No hyphen. Some examples: Citywide, nationwide, continentwide, statewide, countrywide, worldwide, industrywide.

6. Thirty-two percent of the state's 12th-graders smoke.

7. But 5-year-old Ellen is excited she gets to be like her big brother.