In this quiz on style at an advanced placement level, we’ll be testing your language skills when it comes to letters beginning with B, C or D. What do you know about spelling, phrasing and grammar when it comes to the following examples? Let’s take a look and find out!
I feel bad for him.
I feel badly for him.
Barmitzva
Bar mitzva
Bar mitzvah
The event is biannual, meaning it is held twice a year.
The event is biennial, meaning it is held twice a year.
I convinced him to open a bank account.
I persuaded him to open a bank account.
The Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Center for Disease Control
Centers for Disease Control
Communications and Intelligence Agency
Communications and Intelligence of America
Central Intelligence Association
Central Intelligence Agency
Corporate Intelligence Association
Dietician
Dietitian
Drive south until you cross the border.
Drive South until you cross the border.
She has a southern accent.
She has a Southern accent.
Smith, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, wants to raise awareness of the disease.
Smith, who has multiple sclerosis, wants to raise awareness of the disease.
"Please don't tell anyone; I need you to be discrete about this."
"Please don't tell anyone; I need you to be discreet about this."
After he dived into the water, he said he felt exhilarated.
After he dove into the water, he said he felt exhilarated.
Down's syndrome
Down syndrome
Downs syndrome
American Council for Labor Unions
American Communications League Union
American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Libertarians Union
American Council for Libertarians United
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federal Labor Congress for Industrialized Organizations
Association of Federal Labor Councils and Industrialized Organizations
Association of Federal Longitudinal Councils with Industrialized Components.
American Federal Laws for Congress and Industrialized Companies
The change had a positive affect on him.
The change had a positive effect on him.
The woman is twenty-six.
The woman is 26.
The woman is twenty six.
The woman is twentysix.