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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
national
criterion
ravish
2. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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3. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
biennial
alumnae
stanch
hanged
4. Means at the side of
liaison
firefighter - police officer
immigrate
beside
5. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
troops
alumnus
all right
further
6. Is the possessive of who
each other
whose
fiance
wrack
7. 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
insure
NAACP
whose
Nobel Prize
8. A person who serves as an assistant
aide
murder
badly
half staff
9. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set
medium
bad
magazine names
adviser
10. Always preferred over persons - persons only used when it's in a direct quote - also a collective noun when referring to a single race or nation so peoples should only be used when speaking of multiple groups
sneaked
whom
hopefully
people
11. 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
mean
drowned
hopefully
national
12. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
daylight saving time
like
collide - collision
13. Completeness of process of supplementing something
hanged
speeds
stationery
complement
14. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
biennial
flaunt
afterward
flounder
15. Means to cause or as a noun means a result
over
flaunt
subject
effect
16. Individual items reduced in number
in spite of
fewer
compliment
speeds
17. A group of people - often military or animals
fiance
rebut
except
troop
18. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.
refute
federal
nicknames
flout
19. When referring to a woman who has attended a school
further
flout
alumna
City Council
20. Means to make sure or give confidence
City Council
Nobel Prize
adviser
assure
21. Means to flow in a continuous stream
Black muslim
email
pour
average
22. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
in-law
aid
comprise
compose
23. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
pore
defendant
subject
principle
24. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
assure
toward
like
emigrate
25. 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
sneaked
Internet
ZIP code
infer
26. Not afterwards
pour
his
widower
afterward
27. A minor offense against the law
flaunt
misdemeanor
beside
website
28. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
flair
demolish or destroyed
each other
Nobel Prize
29. 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.
beside
accommodate
Fourth of July
troop
30. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person
last
literally
misdemeanor
flay
31. An aspect or stage
marshal
who's
alumnae
phase
32. 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
that
norm
login - logon - logoff
Legislature
33. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
homicide
fiance
was drowned
because
34. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
reference works
rebut
stanch
titles
35. To swing the arms widely
flair
on
marshal
Orient - Oriental
36. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
among
composition titles
impostor
immigrate
37. To embarrass or disturb
defendant
criteria
daylight saving time
faze
38. To be used instead of the sexist terms
misdemeanor
median
firefighter - police officer
forward
39. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
pour
ravish
crises
40. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.
federal
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
resident
reference works
41. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
City Hall
one another
speeds
insure
42. References to insurance
National Organization for Women
bus
insure
rock 'n' roll
43. A listener or reader ____s something from the words
fiance
teenage
infer
flair
44. 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.
nicknames
allege
hopefully
homicide
45. NOW is acceptable on second reference- HQ is in Washington
Legislature
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
National Organization for Women
arrest
46. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
alumnae
norm
principal
hopefully
47. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
its
crises
ZIP code
aide
48. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
widower
premier
stanch
Internet
49. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
heaven
login - logon - logoff
troops
amid
50. One who comes into a country ___s to it
pore
immigrate
who's
mean