Sport Federations Nouns and Verbs of Sports Basic Summary of Sports Scores Capitalization
100
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
100
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
100
Who comes first when writing a basic summary of a sporting event?
Winning team
100
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.
100
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
200
When referring to the olympics, do you capitalize the all athletic contests?
yes. the Olympics. the Winter Olympics
200
When referring to team names (e.g. the Jazz, the Magic, etc.), do you make the verbs plural or singular?
Plural
200
Correct this sentence: Bobby finished second in the 50m dash at yesterday’s event with a time of 5.7 s
Spell out measurements
200
True or False: When writing the score of a winning and losing team, there should be a hyphen between the numbers?
True
200
Do you capitalize the “south side”, a common but not officially designated title?
yes. Names that have become “popular” are capitalized. (the South Side)
300
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.
300
Correct this sentence: The Miami Heat is a basketball team.
The Miami Heat are a basketball team
300
Is this correct: “Shawn competed yesterday in the 200 and 400, taking gold in both events.
No, Men’s 200 and 400 meter dash.
300
Correct this sentence: Yesterday, the Minnesota twins defeated the Milwaukee brewers six to three.
Yesterday, the Minnesota Twins defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3.
300
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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