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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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1. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
native
imply
aide
2. Assistance
flout
further
aid
norm
3. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
flounder
resident
among
half mast
4. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
Fourth of July
afterward
alumnae
criteria
5. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
drowned
in spite of
misdemeanor
biennial
6. A person who serves as an assistant
principal
Black muslim
premier
aide
7. 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
on
hung
arrest
founder
8. Means to receive
emigrate
reference works
accept
arrest
9. Always preferred over persons - persons only used when it's in a direct quote - also a collective noun when referring to a single race or nation so peoples should only be used when speaking of multiple groups
people
ensure
flair
buses
10. Plural form of a standard
fiance
among
criteria
afterward
11. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
courtesy titles
liaison
emigrate
amid
12. Means to influence
federal
affect
semiannual
italics
13. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
subject
fiance
allege
alumnus
14. One who comes into a country ___s to it
immigrate
person
citizen
rock 'n' roll
15. Plural form of problem or turning point
media
subject
crises
national
16. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
sneaked
like
biannual
between
17. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
Cabinet
phase
its
in spite of
18. For hanging not referring to a person's death
majority
courtesy titles
hung
drowned
19. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).
wrack
forward
less
speeds
20. Means to gaze intently or steadily
compose
pore
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
founder
21. Means to guarantee
ravish
like
ensure
was drowned
22. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)
aide
over
muslims
pour
23. 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.
crises
National Organization for Women
Fourth of July
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
24. To embarrass or disturb
faze
alumnae
homicide
norm
25. Woman to be married
liaison
all right
alumnus
fiancee
26. Use with great care - Avoid any suggestion that the writer is making an allegation - Specify the source of an allegation (arrest record etc.) - Use alleged bribe or similar phrase when necessary to make it clear that an unproved action is not being
allege
lay
homicide
person
27. To change
alter
people
login - logon - logoff
half mast
28. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
accept
crisis
refute
wrack
29. Kisses
whose
media
busses
buses
30. 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.
flair
Black muslim
Internet
like
31. In the sense of mass communication - such as magazines - newspapers - the news services - radio - television ad online
National Organization for Women
media
felony
comprise
32. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
figuratively
century
pour
National Organization for Women
33. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
buses
subject
defendant
felony
34. To bog down become disabled or sink
last
founder
muslims
Legislature
35. 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.
murder
buss
semiannual
citizen
36. Man to be married
titles
because
fiance
primiere
37. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us
founder
among
badly
complement
38. Completeness of process of supplementing something
complement
rack
primiere
badly
39. For essential clauses -important to the meaning of a sentence and without commas. Use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name
like
that
except
Fourth of July
40. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
in-law
City Hall
comprise
more than
41. The correct word to introduce clauses - .e.g Jayne blocks the linebacker __ he should
flyer
forward
nicknames
as
42. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase
heaven
phase
his
subject
43. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
marshall
less
each
pore
44. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
assure
toward
fiance
as
45. Books - computer games - movies - operas - plays - poems - albums and songs - radio and tv programs - lectures - speeches and works of art should all: - capitalize principal words - capitalize an article - quotes around these works that are not: reli
misdemeanor
composition titles
widower
principle
46. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.
nicknames
email
collide - collision
widower
47. Avoid the use of last as a synonym for latest if it might imply finality - this word is unnecessary to imply the most recent if there is a month or day used.
last
accommodate
troops
navel
48. 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.
as
national
faze
flare
49. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce
titles
email
alumni
fiance
50. Homicide without malice or premeditation
assure
as
manslaughter
comprise