| YES |
NO |
| “This is correct.” |
“This is incorrect”. |
| “This is correct,” she said. |
“This is incorrect”, she said. |
| one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| 10, 11, 12 |
ten, eleven, twelve |
| Sans-serif font 11-pt type (for correspondence) |
funky 9-pt or 14-pt font |
| End of sentence. One space after period. |
End of sentence. Two spaces after period. |
| List of things. Two spaces after colon. |
List of things. One space after colon. |
| One space after comma. |
Never two spaces after comma. |
| One space after semi-colon. |
Never two spaces after semi-colon. |
| Company ABC Inc. |
Company ABC, Inc. |
| Lions, tigers and bears. |
Lions, tigers, and bears. |
| a.m., p.m. |
AM, PM / am, pm |
| 7 – 9 a.m. |
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. |
| 21st Annual Woodland Art Fair |
21 Annual Woodland Art Fair |
| Sept. 15 |
Sept. 15th |
| 1980s, 1990s |
1980’s, 1990’s |
| website |
Website, Web Site, web site |
| email |
e-mail |
| online |
on-line |
| fax |
Fax, FAX |
| The mayor issued a statement. |
The Mayor issued a statement. |
| The Vice Mayor, Cindy Smith, declined … |
The vice mayor, Cindy Smith, declined … |
| firefighter, police officer |
fireman, policeman |
| councilmember |
councilman, councilwoman |
| state of Georgia |
State of Georgia |
| spring, summer, fall, winter (seasons) |
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter |
| Mount Sterling |
Mt. Sterling |
