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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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journalism-and-media
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A contraction for it is or it has
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2. Individual items reduced in number
compliment
fewer
federal
was drowned
3. When referring to a man who has attended a school
subject
alumnus
premier
hung
4. Also Independence Day. The federal legal holiday is observed on Friday if July 4 falls on a Saturday - on Monday if it falls on a Sunday.
among
Fourth of July
website
that
5. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)
her
over
citizen
plurality
6. A person who has acquired the full civil rights of a nation either by birth or naturalization. Cities and states in the U.S. do not confer citizenship.
arrest
compose
citizen
among
7. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
ravish
felony
adviser
figuratively
8. To embarrass or disturb
whom
faze
lie
besides
9. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
accept
compose
medium
misdemeanor
10. Copy pertaining to the navy
naval
pour
less
majority
11. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
mean
comprise
imply
troops
12. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location
resident
website
native
last
13. Means to make sure or give confidence
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
primiere
felony
assure
14. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
hang - hangs
fiancee
titles
subject
15. Twice a year (same as biannual)
semiannual
Orient - Oriental
allege
altar
16. A person who serves as an assistant
more than
her
bad
aide
17. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
rock 'n' roll
in-law
primiere
amid
18. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
accommodate
impostor
phase
National Organization for Women
19. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
troop
felony
firefighter - police officer
flounder
20. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
Black muslim
off of
half mast
reference works
21. In its sense used in arithmetic and statistics - is an average and is determined by adding the series of numbers and dividing the sum by the number of cases
mean
whom
biennial
login - logon - logoff
22. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
each other
liaison
daylight saving time
flare
23. Means to exclude
composition titles
media
except
person
24. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
reference works
hopefully
Nobel Prize
like
25. Means to guarantee
ravish
ensure
whose
flaunt
26. Completeness of process of supplementing something
complement
badly
further
more than
27. Man to be married
since
buses
fiance
citizen
28. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger
crisis
flare
immigrate
liaison
29. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
insure
more than
flier
accommodate
30. To argue to the contrary
either
flair
principal
rebut
31. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause
since
flout
each
founder
32. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place
flounder
her
buses
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
33. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
phase
principal
median
pore
34. Applied to a person residing away from the nation of which he or she is a citizen - or to a person under the protection of a specified nation.
national
flier
emigrate
alumnae
35. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
emigrate
alumnae
lie
last
36. The correct word to introduce clauses - .e.g Jayne blocks the linebacker __ he should
as
mean
courtesy titles
principal
37. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
half staff
who's
imply
plurality
38. Should not be used as an adverb. It does not lose its status as an adjective - however - in a sentence such as "I feel bad." Such a statement is the idiomatic equivalent of I am in bad health.
either
bad
stationary
rock 'n' roll
39. To stand still
all right
immigrate
crises
stationary
40. Multiple transportation vehicles
alumni
person
because
buses
41. Legal term for slaying or killing
fiancee
homicide
collide - collision
stanch
42. A decentralized worldwide network of computers that can communicate with each other in later references the Net is acceptable - World Wide Web - like email - is a subset of the Internet. They are not synonymous and should not be used interchangeably.
Internet
since
either
Orient - Oriental
43. Means to receive
accept
wrack
each other
flounder
44. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
flaunt
whose
assure
media
45. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
crises
ZIP code
half mast
troupe
46. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
reference works
comprise
person
navel
47. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce
email
more than
either...or - neither...nor
plurality
48. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
lay
criterion
either
imply
49. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
bus
login - logon - logoff
wrack
magazine names
50. Means to influence
as
heaven
figuratively
affect