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Pull up the BuzzFeed Style guide and see if you can ace this environmentally friendly copy quiz.

Test Your Grammar Knowledge With This Earth Day Quiz

Take This Earth Day Grammar Quiz

Remember: All these questions rely on <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/emmyf/buzzfeed-style-guide">BuzzFeed style</a>.

We hyphenate "long-term" as a modifier and specify that we're talking about 2 degrees _Celsius_ (as opposed to Fahrenheit). The Paris Agreement is the official name of the climate accord, so you can lowercase "Paris climate agreement," per AP.

 Which would you expect to read on BuzzFeedNews.com?

You need a comma after "1970," "20 million" should use a numeral, there are no periods in US, and we format "then-senator" thusly. Oh, and no hyphen in "nationwide" but one in "teach-in."

**Which sentence follows BuzzFeed style?**

It's "Gen Z" ([the ones trying to save the planet](https://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/consumer-business/articles/sustainable-consumer.html)) in our style guide. And while we usually use numerals and percentage signs for percentages, you spell out numbers when they start a sentence. And never hyphenate -ly adverbs!

**Pick the sentence a BuzzFeed copy editor would sign off on.**

Per Merriam-Webster.com, "heat wave" is two words, and don't forget your Oxford comma.

Which sentence has been copyedited?

"Earth Day" is capitalized, and the clause "which absorb carbon dioxide" is nonessential and needs commas around it. [Be careful with your trees](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/climate/tree-planting-reforestation-climate.html).

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

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Test Your Grammar Knowledge With This Earth Day Quiz

April 22 is Earth Day. Test your grammar, spelling, and style knowledge with this quiz related to our planet.

Test Your Grammar Knowledge With This Earth Day Quiz

April 22 is Earth Day. Test your grammar, spelling, and style knowledge with this quiz related to our planet.

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