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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. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
flyer
ensure
figuratively
since
2. Twice a year (same as biannual)
semiannual
aide
biannual
drowned
3. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
troops
daylight saving time
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
lay
4. A first performance
resident
median
flay
primiere
5. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late
forward
Cabinet
either...or - neither...nor
widow
6. 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
aid
each other
comprise
NAACP
7. Is the possessive of who
felony
whose
Fourth of July
beside
8. Means to receive
arrest
accept
majority
rebut
9. Multiple transportation vehicles
demolish or destroyed
immigrate
flair
buses
10. Means in addition to
besides
aide
more than
alumna
11. Means more than half of an amount
biannual
demolish or destroyed
majority
troops
12. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
rack
imply
farther
stanch
13. Means in an exact sense
literally
biennial
less
misdemeanor
14. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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15. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
City Hall
lie
average
was drowned
16. 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.
principal
biennial
Nobel Prize
badly
17. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10
over
compliment
more than
century
18. Means to influence
flaunt
half staff
his
affect
19. Means to cause or as a noun means a result
subject
adviser
effect
busses
20. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
her
either
naval
half mast
21. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
composition titles
flounder
manslaughter
his
22. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
aid
lie
pour
reference works
23. Writing paper
stationery
that
troop
National Organization for Women
24. 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.
buss
people
stanch
citizen
25. To stand still
stationary
firefighter - police officer
affect
adviser
26. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
accommodate
norm
manslaughter
who
27. 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.
compliment
accommodate
flaunt
Internet
28. When speaking of an individual
resident
hanged
who's
person
29. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
pore
norm
immigrate
sneaked
30. 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
criteria
more than
homicide
31. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
altar
troupe
troops
off of
32. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
ravage
principal
manslaughter
media
33. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
complement
firefighter - police officer
staunch
hanged
34. Takes a singular verb
flout
it's
busses
each
35. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
on
murder
median
Nobel Prize
36. 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
average
except
rebut
37. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
among
refute
mean
composition titles
38. 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
plurality
beside
that
federal
39. 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
alumna
fiancee
forward
premier
40. To swing the arms widely
flay
flyer
flair
insure
41. 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
off of
president
toward
ZIP code
42. 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.
navel
as
either...or - neither...nor
badly
43. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
speeds
flier
average
its
44. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
except
flaunt
compliment
titles
45. Transportation vehicle
alumnae
bus
whom
Fourth of July
46. Introduces two items - is the correct word when expressing the relationships of three or more items considered one pair at a time - all pronouns must be in the objective case - between him and her - between you and me
its
pore
between
subject
47. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
troupe
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
which
like
48. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
average
resident
its
homicide
49. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
his
widower
defendant
Nobel Prize
50. Individual items reduced in number
misdemeanor
manslaughter
in spite of
fewer