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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. One who leaves a country ___s from it
emigrate
phase
bad
Internet
2. The proper name for some trains and buses
alumnae
flyer
accommodate
forward
3. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
alumnae
aide
either
toward
4. Is the possessive of who
immigrate
allege
whose
national
5. Twice a year (same as biannual)
semiannual
arrest
drowned
email
6. Plural form of problem or turning point
Nobel Prize
crises
nicknames
like
7. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
flounder
founder
each
one another
8. Transportation vehicle
president
last
speeds
bus
9. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
muslims
reference works
compose
majority
10. Woman to be married
fiancee
one another
ZIP code
composition titles
11. A minor offense against the law
pore
misdemeanor
biannual
hopefully
12. Physical distance
between
magazine names
naval
farther
13. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla
under way
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
subject
login - logon - logoff
14. Means to guarantee
bad
premier
ensure
over
15. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
Internet
stanch
arrest
impostor
16. Means to exclude
whom
marshal
Cabinet
except
17. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
off of
faze
navel
arrest
18. Kisses
people
hopefully
hung
busses
19. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms
imply
pour
president
Orient - Oriental
20. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
half mast
flounder
No.
median
21. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)
principal
in-law
buses
plurality
22. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
Nobel Prize
biannual
marshal
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
23. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
more than
farther
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
bus
24. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
flay
in-law
teenage
website
25. To show contempt for
flout
emigrate
arrest
ZIP code
26. Should not be used as an adverb - use only as adjective. "I feel badly" - could be interpreted as meaning that your sense of touch was bad.
her
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
badly
more than
27. NOW is acceptable on second reference- HQ is in Washington
Internet
refute
National Organization for Women
felony
28. Do not use the term teenaged
teenage
troops
semiannual
courtesy titles
29. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
among
alumnus
sneaked
flaunt
30. An aspect or stage
widower
murder
misdemeanor
phase
31. 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
alter
alumnus
mean
each
32. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
flay
each other
biennial
alumni
33. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
all right
rock 'n' roll
speeds
flay
34. References to insurance
alumnae
whose
one another
insure
35. Extension of time or degree
further
felony
who's
badly
36. The correct word to introduce clauses - .e.g Jayne blocks the linebacker __ he should
as
nicknames
subject
mean
37. The title of an individual who is the first minister in a national government that has a council of ministers. also the correct title for individuals who lead the provincial governments in canada and australia
italics
medium
less
premier
38. In the sense of mass communication - such as magazines - newspapers - the news services - radio - television ad online
fewer
under way
his
media
39. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
login - logon - logoff
faze
firefighter - police officer
fewer
40. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
allege
her
assure
accommodate
41. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
average
lie
ensure
Legislature
42. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
among
median
troop
except
43. 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
lay
reference works
forward
44. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
rebut
heaven
Fourth of July
medium
45. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
aide
alter
plurality
No.
46. Use all-caps ZIP for zoning improvement plan - but always lowercase the word code - run the 5 digits together without a comma and do not put a comma between state name and ZIP
it's
afterward
navel
ZIP code
47. Verb to stop the flow of something
person
defendant
faze
stanch
48. When speaking of an individual
flounder
infer
person
reference works
49. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
ravish
who's
accept
crises
50. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship
hung
NAACP
because
italics