Question

Which of the following sentences best adheres to AP Style and contains no punctuation, spelling, or grammatical errors?

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith is considered by a large majority of fans to be the worst film in the long running series.

“Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith” is considered by a large majority of fans to be the worst film in the long-running series.

“Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith” are considered by an large majority of fans to be the worst film in the long-running series.

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith is considered by a large majority of fans to be the worst films in the long-running series.

Answer 1

The second sentence adheres best to AP Style and contains no errors:

“Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith” is considered by a large majority of fans to be the worst film in the long-running series.

Step-by-step explanation:

The issues with the other sentences:

1. No punctuation around the title
2. Subject-verb agreement error: "are considered" should be "is considered"
3. Wrong article use: "an large" should be "a large"
4. Nouns do not agree: "worst film" should be "worst films"

So in summary, the second sentence:

“Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith” is considered by a large majority of fans to be the worst film in the long-running series.

Properly uses punctuation around the title, has correct subject-verb agreement, correct article use, and nouns that agree in number. It follows AP Style's recommendation to place film, book and song titles in quotation marks.

Answer 2

"Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" is considered by a large majority of fans to be the worst film in the long-running series.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" is considered by a large majority of fans to be the worst film in the long-running series" adheres to AP Style because it correctly uses quotation marks to enclose the title of the film. It also uses hyphens to separate the episode number and title, which is a common practice in AP Style. Additionally, it maintains subject-verb agreement by using the singular form "is" to match the singular noun "film."