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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. Every two years
premier
more than
half mast
biennial
2. One who comes into a country ___s to it
demolish or destroyed
immigrate
its
on
3. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -
email
rack
ZIP code
between
4. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
defendant
hang - hangs
flair
in-law
5. Means to gaze intently or steadily
whom
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pore
subject
6. To avoid any suggestion that someone is being judged before a trial - do not use a phrase such as arrested for killing. Instead - use arrested on a charge of killing. If a charge hasn't been filed - arrested on suspicion of - or a similar phrase - sh
compliment
wrack
arrest
Black muslim
7. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us
average
affect
italics
among
8. Means to guarantee
login - logon - logoff
flyer
ensure
phase
9. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
federal
median
Cabinet
No.
10. To bog down become disabled or sink
founder
troop
lay
because
11. Means to make sure or give confidence
adviser
assure
her
marshal
12. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
Black muslim
lay
amid
biannual
13. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person
resident
emigrate
flay
widower
14. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
forward
mean
toward
infer
15. Means to receive
flare
crises
accept
norm
16. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
teenage
stationery
fiance
No.
17. 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
emigrate
either...or - neither...nor
besides
18. A picture - a criminal or oneself
hang - hangs
national
native
mean
19. Indicates a state of reclining. It does not take a direct object. Its past tense is lay. Its past participle is lain and present participle is lying - when __ means to make an untrue statement - the verb forms are lie - lied - lying.
compose
president
complement
lie
20. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
half mast
stationary
bad
titles
21. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
because
phase
like
except
22. When speaking of an individual
among
person
hung
Internet
23. Plural form of problem or turning point
either
which
crises
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24. A contraction for it is or it has
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25. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
No.
either...or - neither...nor
magazine names
fiancee
26. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
between
among
less
medium
27. Transportation vehicle
bus
crisis
manslaughter
it's
28. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce
email
who's
City Council
effect
29. Takes a singular verb
heaven
each
primiere
marshal
30. To be used instead of the sexist terms
effect
forward
aid
firefighter - police officer
31. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.
ravish
phase
her
demolish or destroyed
32. Do not use the term teenaged
hung
heaven
teenage
infer
33. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
its
in spite of
marshall
rack
34. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
either
murder
Cabinet
one another
35. 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
NAACP
comprise
widow
website
36. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause
since
complement
citizen
speeds
37. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
forward
firefighter - police officer
speeds
38. Assistance
marshall
ensure
collide - collision
aid
39. Means to flow in a continuous stream
pour
No.
reference works
subject
40. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location
mean
person
native
compose
41. Takes plural verb - use it to mean one or the other - not both - right: she said to use either door - wrong: there were lions on either side of the door
either
courtesy titles
reference works
navel
42. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms
faze
either
crisis
president
43. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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44. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
farther
pore
alumni
altar
45. 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.
widower
Internet
in-law
daylight saving time
46. The of is unnecessary
as
bad
off of
in spite of
47. 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
misdemeanor
primiere
hang - hangs
48. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
insure
stationery
refute
who
49. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
comprise
his
flaunt
heaven
50. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
homicide
Black muslim
login - logon - logoff
ZIP code