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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.






2. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms






3. Singular form of a standard






4. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size






5. Completeness of process of supplementing something






6. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person






7. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish






8. When referring to a group of women who attended a school






9. Assistance






10. Means to gaze intently or steadily






11. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at






12. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive

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13. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.






14. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction






15. Means to guarantee






16. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite






17. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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18. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late






19. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense






20. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides






21. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement






22. Writing paper






23. Copy pertaining to the navy






24. Singular form of problem or turning point






25. An aspect or stage






26. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities






27. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school






28. Kisses






29. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime






30. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups






31. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right

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32. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.






33. Multiple transportation vehicles






34. Woman to be married






35. Do not use the term teenaged






36. 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






37. Verb to stop the flow of something






38. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late






39. One who leaves a country ___s from it






40. A first performance






41. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid






42. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship






43. A picture - a criminal or oneself






44. Means in addition to






45. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade






46. The of is unnecessary






47. When speaking of an individual






48. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together






49. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about






50. 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