Honor system ANSWER KEY to the Grammar Matters stylebook quiz.

Honor system mentor: Circle each student's mistakes. Do *not* share this answer key, but discuss student mistakes individually in general terms. Re-evaluate the resubmissions until perfect.   ©azb

1. by [Spanish] [professor] Carlos Verdad [proper adjective] [job description]

2. by [ ] Veritas, his college sociology teacher, [no honorific; save Dr. for medical doctors]

3. by [playwright] Nathan Emmet [job description before a name]

4. New... by President [Barack] Obama [first name now used on the first reference]

5. by [Gov.] William Vero [abbreviate]

6. by [university] [President] Rebecca Emmet [generic use] [title before a name]

7. that the [Web] is a part of the [Internet] [both are proper names]

8. get [$10] tickets until [7] p.m. [no .00 or :00] [7 p.m. has a space and periods]

9. New... a [5]-year-old car for [$6,000] [numeral now for age] [comma needed]

10. Jan. 1, 2001[,] starts the millennium [pair of commas with month and day]

11. at 1122 [N.] Elm [St.] [abbreviate with a house number]

12. in Green Bay, Wis.[,] near the stadium [pair of commas with a city]

13. "Psycho[,"] a classic thriller, [commas go inside closing quotation marks]

14. Ben Vero[ ] Jr. was 8 years old [no commas with an integral name]

15. the blizzard of January[ ] 1999 [no commas with just the month]