20. Test Your Knowledge: Capitalization and NumberUsage

The following questions will test your knowledge ofcapitalization and number usage.

Choose the best option to complete each of the followingsentences.

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

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

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

Four hundred applications were received by HR last monthalone.

Go North on Spring Street, and you’ll see our building on theleft.

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

His Motorola Cell Phone was presented as exhibit A.

Choose the best option to complete each of the followingsentences.

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

Her starting salary was with benefits.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 foreign dignitaries visited the global software giant’scampus during two thousand ten.

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

Fourteen foreign dignitaries visited the global software giant’scampus during 2010.

Fourteen foreign dignitaries visited the global software giant’scampus during two thousand ten.

14 foreign dignitaries visited the global software giant’scampus during 2010.