Sport Federations | Nouns and Verbs of Sports | Basic Summary of Sports | Scores | Capitalization |
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Is it necessary to spell out the well-known organizations (e.g. NFL, NFC,NBA etc..)?
no. Use the abbreviations for common federations, but adjust to the levels of readers
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1. When referring to nouns that denote a unit (e.g. class, crowd, group, team, etc.), do you make the verbs that follow plural or singular?
Singular
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Who comes first when writing a basic summary of a sporting event?
Winning team
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When reporting the score of a game, do you write the number out in letter form, keep it in number form, or use Roman numerals?
Use number form.
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Is it correct to capitalize a common word when it is attached to a team name? For instance, Chicago Bulls or Chicago bulls?
Yes, when common words are integral to the overall meaning it will become capitalized
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When referring to the olympics, do you capitalize the all athletic contests?
yes. the Olympics. the Winter Olympics
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When referring to team names (e.g. the Jazz, the Magic, etc.), do you make the verbs plural or singular?
Plural
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Correct this sentence: Bobby finished second in the 50m dash at yesterday’s event with a time of 5.7 s
Spell out measurements
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True or False: When writing the score of a winning and losing team, there should be a hyphen between the numbers?
True
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Do you capitalize the “south side”, a common but not officially designated title?
yes. Names that have become “popular” are capitalized. (the South Side)
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Correct the sentence: Speed skating is one of the sports in the winter olympics.
Speed skating is one of the sports in the Winter Olympics.
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Correct this sentence: The Miami Heat is a basketball team.
The Miami Heat are a basketball team
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Is this correct: “Shawn competed yesterday in the 200 and 400, taking gold in both events.
No, Men’s 200 and 400 meter dash.
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Correct this sentence: Yesterday, the Minnesota twins defeated the Milwaukee brewers six to three.
Yesterday, the Minnesota Twins defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3.
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Correct this sentence: Mary and I are going to see the derby in kentucky this weekend.
Mary and I are going to see the Derby in Kentucky this weekend.
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