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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. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
on
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
his
its
2. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
alumna
stanch
fewer
on
3. To embarrass or disturb
flay
faze
national
flounder
4. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla
literally
Black muslim
under way
was drowned
5. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
accommodate
flounder
speeds
fiance
6. A group of people - often military or animals
troop
reference works
hanged
criterion
7. Singular form of a standard
hung
century
criterion
ravage
8. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
firefighter - police officer
among
his
widower
9. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
all right
criterion
composition titles
immigrate
10. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
principle
adviser
manslaughter
principal
11. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
all right
magazine names
City Council
emigrate
12. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
Cabinet
speeds
login - logon - logoff
which
13. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
criterion
felony
muslims
Orient - Oriental
14. Means to flow in a continuous stream
lay
pour
federal
widow
15. Despite means the same thing and is shorter
in spite of
founder
premier
media
16. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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17. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order
except
marshal
buses
his
18. Means more than half of an amount
national
alumni
majority
widow
19. Assistance
effect
biennial
aid
affect
20. Means in an exact sense
either...or - neither...nor
literally
wrack
hopefully
21. 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
staunch
faze
refute
22. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.
buses
wrack
federal
toward
23. 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
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
National Organization for Women
either...or - neither...nor
between
24. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
liaison
Orient - Oriental
whom
aid
25. 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.
accept
further
whose
either...or - neither...nor
26. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
liaison
ravish
widow
navel
27. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce
City Council
his
less
email
28. Means to exclude
in-law
wrack
premier
except
29. Use with great care - Avoid any suggestion that the writer is making an allegation - Specify the source of an allegation (arrest record etc.) - Use alleged bribe or similar phrase when necessary to make it clear that an unproved action is not being
allege
premier
marshal
its
30. 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.
teenage
citizen
compliment
its
31. Plural form of problem or turning point
federal
stationery
crises
compose
32. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
misdemeanor
imply
login - logon - logoff
magazine names
33. 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
alumni
because
34. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
alumni
crisis
comprise
marshall
35. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
immigrate
italics
teenage
biannual
36. 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
infer
muslims
flaunt
composition titles
37. To argue to the contrary
rebut
hanged
flier
reference works
38. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
besides
average
imply
who
39. The of is unnecessary
off of
like
muslims
median
40. Not afterwards
literally
was drowned
afterward
nicknames
41. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
ravish
No.
Black muslim
titles
42. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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43. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
each other
marshal
average
flare
44. 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.
his
premier
Fourth of July
No.
45. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
accommodate
amid
it's
National Organization for Women
46. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
staunch
reference works
accept
besides
47. 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
aide
besides
liaison
mean
48. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
that
Cabinet
citizen
City Council
49. Kiss
average
alter
buss
troops
50. 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.
badly
hopefully
in-law
troupe