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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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journalism-and-media
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
composition titles
busses
Cabinet
drowned
2. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
buss
principal
whom
hanged
3. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
beside
criteria
more than
assure
4. Means in a hopeful manner. Do not use to mean it is hoped - let us hope or we hope - right: It is hoped we will complete our work in June. wrong: Hopefully - we will complete our work in June.
magazine names
principle
hopefully
between
5. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).
ravage
wrack
citizen
ZIP code
6. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
reference works
arrest
fewer
heaven
7. Assistance
infer
century
aid
Fourth of July
8. 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.
median
stanch
infer
citizen
9. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
ensure
courtesy titles
native
over
10. 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.
century
more than
national
whose
11. Takes plural verb - use it to mean one or the other - not both - right: she said to use either door - wrong: there were lions on either side of the door
forward
either
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
wrack
12. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)
plurality
impostor
criterion
more than
13. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order
ravish
sneaked
crisis
marshal
14. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
principal
its
accept
literally
15. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
Cabinet
people
that
demolish or destroyed
16. Twice a year (same as biannual)
stanch
semiannual
courtesy titles
compliment
17. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups
flair
navel
liaison
citizen
18. Singular form of problem or turning point
crises
misdemeanor
affect
crisis
19. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at
hung
that
navel
half staff
20. Physical distance
average
farther
in spite of
navel
21. Introduces two items - is the correct word when expressing the relationships of three or more items considered one pair at a time - all pronouns must be in the objective case - between him and her - between you and me
rock 'n' roll
median
between
flair
22. 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.
Fourth of July
complement
flaunt
in spite of
23. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms
troops
president
buses
affect
24. For: peace - chemistry - literature - physics and physiology or medicine - the prize in economic studies is in memorial to alfred and should be referred to as such - ceremonies are held on Dec. 10 - Capitalize when with name - lowercase when not with
staunch
City Council
Nobel Prize
people
25. Woman to be married
fiancee
figuratively
complement
phase
26. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade
magazine names
flout
marshall
arrest
27. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
on
since
toward
aid
28. A location on the World Wide Web that maintains one or more pages at a specific address. Also webcam - webcast - and webmaster. But as a short form and in terms with separate words - the Web - Web page and Web feed.
who's
website
federal
aide
29. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
ravage
immigrate
alter
each other
30. To bog down become disabled or sink
comprise
among
complement
founder
31. For non essential clauses - where the pronoun is less necessary and use commas. use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name
less
which
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
stanch
32. Man to be married
fiance
who
stationary
biannual
33. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
comprise
ravage
troupe
who
34. To argue to the contrary
hopefully
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
hanged
rebut
35. Homicide without malice or premeditation
sneaked
staunch
manslaughter
emigrate
36. To avoid any suggestion that someone is being judged before a trial - do not use a phrase such as arrested for killing. Instead - use arrested on a charge of killing. If a charge hasn't been filed - arrested on suspicion of - or a similar phrase - sh
felony
media
arrest
biennial
37. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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38. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
on
infer
buses
Orient - Oriental
39. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
crises
toward
flay
principal
40. Legal term for slaying or killing
plurality
homicide
phase
afterward
41. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
majority
aide
courtesy titles
like
42. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group
City Council
wrack
norm
assure
43. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
busses
accept
figuratively
pore
44. Individual items reduced in number
flout
fewer
each other
century
45. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
sneaked
effect
email
Legislature
46. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.
complement
nicknames
rack
flare
47. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10
except
ZIP code
toward
century
48. To swing the arms widely
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
his
flair
one another
49. 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
over
misdemeanor
median
50. Means to influence
which
City Hall
affect
impostor