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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. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group
norm
off of
median
naval
2. To bog down become disabled or sink
staunch
like
bus
founder
3. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
No.
aid
it's
half mast
4. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
either...or - neither...nor
email
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
altar
5. The title of an individual who is the first minister in a national government that has a council of ministers. also the correct title for individuals who lead the provincial governments in canada and australia
beside
premier
Internet
teenage
6. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
rock 'n' roll
was drowned
majority
because
7. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
last
liaison
hanged
troupe
8. Means to receive
accept
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
defendant
among
9. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
resident
flounder
alumnae
toward
10. Singular form of problem or turning point
marshal
last
hanged
crisis
11. Plural form of a standard
whose
in-law
criteria
sneaked
12. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
in-law
because
its
alumnus
13. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
badly
crisis
email
who
14. Means to influence
as
ZIP code
her
affect
15. 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
between
primiere
average
alumni
16. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
accommodate
accept
rack
it's
17. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
buses
half staff
arrest
each other
18. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
compose
magazine names
each
as
19. One who leaves a country ___s from it
federal
criterion
Fourth of July
emigrate
20. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
toward
criterion
aid
national
21. When referring to a woman who has attended a school
among
alumna
afterward
hopefully
22. Legal term for slaying or killing
homicide
altar
alumni
daylight saving time
23. Transportation vehicle
besides
bus
subject
whose
24. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
login - logon - logoff
average
phase
25. 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
norm
which
troupe
either
26. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
composition titles
troop
flaunt
principle
27. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late
widow
No.
which
either
28. Writing paper
ravish
stationery
navel
rock 'n' roll
29. Means in an exact sense
literally
No.
heaven
comprise
30. Verb to stop the flow of something
City Council
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
reference works
stanch
31. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
Orient - Oriental
troops
because
pore
32. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
toward
alumni
afterward
literally
33. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship
muslims
because
who
accommodate
34. A picture - a criminal or oneself
hang - hangs
titles
as
stanch
35. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
italics
heaven
aide
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
36. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
ravage
hopefully
emigrate
citizen
37. Kiss
buss
it's
over
fewer
38. 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
troupe
flounder
allege
phase
39. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms
president
among
crisis
buss
40. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
like
City Hall
refute
premier
41. When referring to a man who has attended a school
alter
alumnus
pore
hang - hangs
42. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force
as
principle
alumni
immigrate
43. 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
mean
teenage
ZIP code
44. Takes a singular verb
less
Orient - Oriental
each
besides
45. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
over
troop
all right
ravish
46. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)
who
over
Orient - Oriental
ravish
47. 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
who
resident
homicide
48. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
median
crises
faze
flounder
49. Individual items reduced in number
fewer
phase
forward
since
50. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
National Organization for Women
arrest
whom
either
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