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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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Subject
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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. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
among
alumnae
his
less
2. 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
which
in-law
federal
homicide
3. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups
imply
liaison
badly
Fourth of July
4. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
half mast
either...or - neither...nor
imply
fewer
5. Kisses
primiere
flare
president
busses
6. Twice a year (same as biannual)
badly
naval
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
semiannual
7. Means to exclude
except
bad
afterward
No.
8. When speaking of an individual
citizen
flare
stanch
person
9. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
last
whom
alumni
was drowned
10. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
norm
wrack
login - logon - logoff
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
11. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
who
Orient - Oriental
her
arrest
12. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
that
heaven
courtesy titles
allege
13. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
lay
compliment
rebut
magazine names
14. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
average
homicide
who's
imply
15. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)
City Hall
heaven
Nobel Prize
pore
16. 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
teenage
comprise
composition titles
more than
17. Not afterwards
under way
afterward
less
emigrate
18. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.
century
demolish or destroyed
daylight saving time
hanged
19. The nouns that follow these words do not constitute a compound subject; they are alternate subjects and require a verb that agrees with the nearer subject - Neither they nor he is going - Neither he nor they are going.
federal
either...or - neither...nor
accommodate
lie
20. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
muslims
refute
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
troop
21. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.
rebut
nicknames
flay
federal
22. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
Legislature
criterion
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
fiance
23. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
more than
navel
buss
federal
24. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
alumni
compose
website
media
25. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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26. The of is unnecessary
lay
Internet
off of
citizen
27. Singular form of a standard
rack
each other
criterion
ravage
28. A first performance
rebut
primiere
among
rock 'n' roll
29. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities
each other
italics
accommodate
resident
30. Means to make sure or give confidence
assure
half staff
impostor
faze
31. To argue to the contrary
each other
rebut
flare
wrack
32. Is acceptable on first reference to avoid a cumbersome lead - but provide the full name in the body of the story - HQ is in Baltimore
NAACP
between
farther
Cabinet
33. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
ravish
navel
pour
compose
34. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
subject
Orient - Oriental
its
hung
35. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
arrest
median
wrack
speeds
36. Assistance
complement
aid
navel
NAACP
37. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
marshall
Fourth of July
flaunt
stationary
38. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
like
staunch
biannual
troupe
39. Means at the side of
besides
troops
speeds
beside
40. NOW is acceptable on second reference- HQ is in Washington
stationery
since
National Organization for Women
login - logon - logoff
41. Man to be married
fiancee
fiance
homicide
rebut
42. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person
in spite of
stanch
flay
her
43. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead
accommodate
affect
forward
widow
44. To show contempt for
adviser
flout
affect
fiancee
45. Physical distance
native
farther
Fourth of July
infer
46. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
reference works
Internet
each
Fourth of July
47. 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
aide
arrest
criteria
like
48. The proper name for some trains and buses
further
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
flyer
teenage
49. To swing the arms widely
except
flair
flay
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
50. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
each other
whose
beside
afterward