Grammarly Certified Advanced Grammar and Language Specialist Style and Writing Conventions 2

Question 1

Which sentence correctly applies title case?

Accepted Answer

The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog

Answer

In title case, major words are capitalized but prepositions, articles, and short conjunctions (like 'the' and 'over') are lowercased unless they start the title.

Question 2

Which is the correct way to write a decade in American English?

Accepted Answer

the 1990s

Answer

Decades are written as numerals followed by a lowercase 's' with no apostrophe (e.g., '1990s' or '90s').

Question 3

When writing percentages in formal prose, which format is preferred?

Accepted Answer

Spell out 'percent' and use numerals for the number (e.g., 25 percent)

Answer

Most style guides recommend using numerals with the spelled-out word 'percent' in formal prose (not the % symbol).

Question 4

Which sentence follows the convention for using 'which' versus 'that'?

Accepted Answer

The car, which I bought last year, needs repairs only when dirty.

Answer

Non-restrictive clauses use 'which' with commas; the clause 'which I bought last year' is parenthetical and requires comma-enclosed 'which'.

Question 5

What is the standard rule for hyphenating compound modifiers?

Accepted Answer

Hyphenate compound modifiers before a noun but not after a linking verb.

Answer

A compound modifier is hyphenated before a noun ('well-known author') but not when it follows a linking verb ('the author is well known').

Grammarly Certified Advanced Grammar and Language Specialist Practice Test

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Grammarly Certified Advanced Grammar and Language Specialist Style and Writing Conventions 2