Checksheet

House Style for _______________________________________________

NAME OF PUBLICATION

1. APOSTROPHES TO SHOW POSSESSION

for singular nouns ending in –s: apostrophe+s or just apostrophe? (Chris's or Chris'?)

2. APOSTROPHES TO SHOW PLURAL OF

--letters (M's or Ms)?

--numbers (3's or 3s)?

--words (ands or and's)?

--acronyms (CEOs or CEO's or C.E.O.s)?

--dates (1990s or 1990's)?

3. ALL NUMBERS UNDER _____ ARE SPELLED OUT.

4. TITLES OF BOOKS, MOVIES, NEWSPAPERS, + TV SHOWS ARE

--underlined/italicized? -- placed in quotation marks? –just capitalized, but neither underlined or quoted?

5. HOW MUCH SPACING—IF ANY—

--before and after a dash?

--before, after, and within an ellipsis . . . ?

6. IS THERE ALWAYS A COMMA AFTER INTRODUCTORY ELEMENT… WHEN THAT ELEMENT IS

--an adverb?

--a phrase?

--dependent clause?

--short? --long?

7. IS COMMA OMITTED—EVER—IN COMPOUND SENTENCES?

8. IS THERE A COMMA BEFORE "AND" WHEN LISTING 3 OR MORE ITEMS?

9. IS THERE A COMMA BEFORE "TOO" OR "AS WELL" AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE?

10. IS THERE A COMMA BEFORE "AND" WHEN JOINING JUST TWO VERB PHRASES? (following this pattern: Dad likes bananas, and sells them to support his family.

11. IS THERE ANY OTHER UNUSUAL COMMA USE PATTERN—EITHER ADDED COMMAS OR OMITTED COMMAS—LIKE #10--THAT YOU NOTICE?