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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. When referring to a man who has attended a school
alumnus
lay
since
Legislature
2. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
email
muslims
flay
nicknames
3. 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.
alumnae
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
Legislature
hopefully
4. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
biennial
flare
flyer
login - logon - logoff
5. Man to be married
fiance
was drowned
complement
fewer
6. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
criteria
lie
its
more than
7. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
whom
national
fiance
assure
8. 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.
flyer
heaven
Internet
media
9. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.
impostor
nicknames
naval
biannual
10. To show contempt for
all right
flout
City Council
fiance
11. Not afterwards
flair
afterward
except
accept
12. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
imply
ZIP code
citizen
between
13. Singular form of problem or turning point
crisis
native
heaven
criterion
14. Malicious - premeditated homicide - some states define certain homicides as this if the killing occurs in the course of armed robbery - rape - etc. - do not say a victim was ____ed unless it was proven in court - instead say the victim was killed or
murder
on
half mast
afterward
15. Plural form of a standard
muslims
amid
City Hall
criteria
16. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
drowned
accommodate
it's
defendant
17. 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
people
was drowned
last
premier
18. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
Legislature
biennial
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
Internet
19. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.
demolish or destroyed
ZIP code
less
that
20. Means in addition to
besides
half mast
which
compliment
21. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
founder
aide
biennial
in spite of
22. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
flaunt
badly
primiere
over
23. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
was drowned
half mast
marshal
criteria
24. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10
beside
effect
murder
century
25. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
nicknames
mean
aide
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
26. A person who gives advice - never advisor
toward
lie
semiannual
adviser
27. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
lie
biannual
figuratively
Orient - Oriental
28. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
navel
primiere
ZIP code
pore
29. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
principle
defendant
flier
which
30. To stand still
beside
fewer
less
stationary
31. 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.
average
more than
amid
Fourth of July
32. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
her
toward
principle
criterion
33. Means to cause or as a noun means a result
one another
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
effect
federal
34. 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.
like
troops
busses
either...or - neither...nor
35. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
liaison
less
in spite of
ravage
36. One who comes into a country ___s to it
immigrate
in-law
aide
speeds
37. For hanging not referring to a person's death
hung
ZIP code
adviser
criterion
38. Singular form of a standard
stationary
criterion
it's
principle
39. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
alumnae
its
composition titles
figuratively
40. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger
lie
flare
liaison
buses
41. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy
compliment
media
adviser
effect
42. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).
wrack
italics
heaven
accommodate
43. Copy pertaining to the navy
naval
complement
century
alter
44. Takes a singular verb
was drowned
each
less
flay
45. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms
Fourth of July
Black muslim
president
felony
46. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
speeds
each
immigrate
composition titles
47. Homicide without malice or premeditation
misdemeanor
it's
NAACP
manslaughter
48. Individual items reduced in number
Fourth of July
altar
toward
fewer
49. 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.
in spite of
half mast
rebut
last
50. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
busses
afterward
misdemeanor
accommodate