20. Test Your Knowledge: Capitalization and Number Usage

The following questions will test your knowledge of capitalization and number usage.

Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.

As indicated on of the report, Mr. Johnson started his business in the late fall of 1986.

If you are thinking about buying a new computer, you should consider purchasing a .

Which of the following sentences show correct capitalization and number usage? Check all that apply.

Four hundred applications were received by HR last month alone.

Go North on Spring Street, and youll see our building on the left.

When the chairman called the meeting to order, only 16 members were in attendance.

His Motorola Cell Phone was presented as exhibit A.

Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.

Before you schedule the videoconference, make sure that Kate is available at on Tuesday.

Her starting salary was with benefits.

Identify the errors in the following sentences, and consider how best to revise them.

The consultant, dr. polunsky, is a professor in the department of management and organizational behavior at the university.

Which of the following choices is the best revision of the previous sentence?

The consultant, Dr. Polunsky, is a professor in the Department of Management and Organizational Behavior at the university.

The consultant, Dr. Polunsky, is a Professor in the department of management and organizational behavior at the University.

The consultant, Dr. Polunsky, is a Professor in the department of Management and Organizational Behavior at the university.

14 foreign dignitaries visited the global software giants campus during two thousand ten.

Which of the following choices is the best revision of the previous sentence?

Fourteen foreign dignitaries visited the global software giants campus during 2010.

Fourteen foreign dignitaries visited the global software giants campus during two thousand ten.

14 foreign dignitaries visited the global software giants campus during 2010.