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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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journalism-and-media
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
biannual
buses
alter
liaison
2. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.
complement
City Council
liaison
principal
3. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade
marshall
comprise
fewer
speeds
4. Not savings - no hyphen - when linking term with the name of a time zone - use only the word daylight (capitalize only when used with a time zone) - lowercase in all uses
daylight saving time
defendant
stationery
Legislature
5. Copy pertaining to the navy
widow
either
naval
majority
6. Means at the side of
median
drowned
flay
beside
7. 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
ravish
hung
more than
8. 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
troop
ZIP code
Black muslim
plurality
9. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
No.
last
semiannual
each other
10. Transportation vehicle
whom
bus
homicide
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
11. A person who gives advice - never advisor
fiancee
last
firefighter - police officer
adviser
12. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location
native
murder
beside
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
13. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
daylight saving time
login - logon - logoff
staunch
fewer
14. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
muslims
Legislature
email
figuratively
15. Singular form of a standard
criterion
last
who
forward
16. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
people
heaven
alumni
alumnae
17. A member of a predominantly black Islamic sect in the United States. However the term is considered DEROGATORY by members of the sect - who call themselves muslims
in spite of
Black muslim
emigrate
refute
18. 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
troop
bad
City Hall
19. A group of people - often military or animals
Nobel Prize
plurality
City Hall
troop
20. Means more than half of an amount
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
more than
majority
demolish or destroyed
21. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
titles
flier
flare
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
22. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
crisis
alumna
troops
demolish or destroyed
23. 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.
collide - collision
badly
premier
like
24. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
nicknames
alumna
toward
century
25. To stand still
murder
login - logon - logoff
biennial
stationary
26. A first performance
primiere
founder
hang - hangs
between
27. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
who's
all right
troop
daylight saving time
28. 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.
marshal
hopefully
either...or - neither...nor
alumni
29. To argue to the contrary
buses
rebut
altar
hopefully
30. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
alter
fiance
speeds
half mast
31. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
refute
average
pore
teenage
32. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
her
half mast
flier
City Hall
33. Applied to a person residing away from the nation of which he or she is a citizen - or to a person under the protection of a specified nation.
bus
national
sneaked
courtesy titles
34. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
reference works
sneaked
alumni
naval
35. Legal term for slaying or killing
homicide
courtesy titles
rebut
beside
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.
NAACP
that
federal
people
37. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
rack
homicide
titles
Fourth of July
38. Should not be used as an adverb. It does not lose its status as an adjective - however - in a sentence such as "I feel bad." Such a statement is the idiomatic equivalent of I am in bad health.
all right
bad
demolish or destroyed
allege
39. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
ravish
in spite of
Legislature
beside
40. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
founder
navel
its
marshal
41. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
homicide
native
defendant
its
42. The proper name for some trains and buses
majority
alumna
muslims
flyer
43. Takes a singular verb
buses
more than
each
alumni
44. Verb to stop the flow of something
it's
navel
pore
stanch
45. For non essential clauses - where the pronoun is less necessary and use commas. use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name
which
biennial
arrest
infer
46. One who leaves a country ___s from it
NAACP
allege
emigrate
drowned
47. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
except
widower
faze
subject
48. 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
biannual
people
his
rack
49. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
hang - hangs
median
City Hall
speeds
50. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
medium
president
emigrate
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing