Thanks to everyone who played our Game of the Month: Copyediting Extravaganza! A couple of you were oh so close to getting all of the answers right, but alas—the perfect score proved elusive.
For those of you who used to look forward to grading your own spelling quizzes (we admit it—we did), here’s the key:
1. B. Dilbert. Titles of regularly appearing comic strips are italicized.
2. True. According to Chicago, either version is okay.
3. C. “Fewer than 3 percent of the employees used public transportation” is accurate. Of course, not all numbers are treated the same as percentages.
4. Tooth-ache, cook-books, and commonly-held are incorrect (correct versions: toothache, cookbooks, commonly held).
5. False. Two spaces between sentences can create rivers in printed material. One space is correct.
Because there were several ties, we’ve decided to give all of our participants a prize! Please email us at editors@cincinnatireview.com and let us know your preference of thermos, slingpack, and back issue (due to an unfortunate storage-room flood we’re out of issue 2.2, but the rest are available).
For those of you who missed your chance: Tune in next month for another shot at some CR swag!
