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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. One who leaves a country ___s from it
mean
City Hall
bus
emigrate
2. Means to exclude
sneaked
except
afterward
it's
3. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger
sneaked
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
flare
who
4. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
complement
amid
its
comprise
5. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast
staunch
flier
because
lay
6. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
alumni
flair
complement
courtesy titles
7. 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
badly
besides
email
8. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce
mean
email
biennial
further
9. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
ravage
liaison
principle
refute
10. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause
since
lie
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
troops
11. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
speeds
which
emigrate
hanged
12. A minor offense against the law
flout
aid
misdemeanor
Legislature
13. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location
native
who's
plurality
alumnae
14. The proper name for some trains and buses
daylight saving time
biennial
muslims
flyer
15. When speaking of an individual
lay
except
person
media
16. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
hopefully
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
principal
further
17. Means in an exact sense
literally
afterward
flier
flaunt
18. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
sneaked
infer
since
criteria
19. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.
City Council
No.
last
off of
20. Kisses
login - logon - logoff
assure
between
busses
21. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities
crisis
resident
naval
fewer
22. An aspect or stage
either
flounder
compose
phase
23. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
imply
in-law
one another
flier
24. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
fewer
citizen
native
Cabinet
25. To embarrass or disturb
troop
allege
faze
Fourth of July
26. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
assure
comprise
refute
pour
27. Kiss
criteria
which
flay
buss
28. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
because
farther
collide - collision
staunch
29. When referring to a man who has attended a school
alumni
whom
figuratively
alumnus
30. 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.
each
badly
NAACP
except
31. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
one another
fewer
No.
compliment
32. A table-like platform used in a religious service
people
altar
ensure
century
33. To stand still
stationary
each other
demolish or destroyed
president
34. Legal term for slaying or killing
average
alumnae
homicide
marshall
35. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
her
murder
average
misdemeanor
36. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.
navel
Legislature
federal
emigrate
37. Means to gaze intently or steadily
crisis
pore
muslims
average
38. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
speeds
faze
muslims
toward
39. Man to be married
fiance
flay
titles
italics
40. 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
on
that
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
her
41. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
login - logon - logoff
troupe
courtesy titles
marshall
42. Every two years
media
aid
biennial
altar
43. Completeness of process of supplementing something
between
manslaughter
complement
her
44. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
insure
in spite of
her
subject
45. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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46. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
liaison
stationery
Legislature
alumni
47. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -
aide
rack
arrest
wrack
48. 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.
either...or - neither...nor
alter
reference works
flyer
49. Plural form of problem or turning point
crises
liaison
accommodate
in-law
50. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10
in spite of
century
who
collide - collision
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