We need human subeditors because
- Journalists are notoriously drunk
- Computer spellchecks don't pick up all mistakes
- Journalists are notoriously lazy
- Not all newspapers have computers
A typographical error is
- a mistake made by the newspaper's printers
- the same as a spelling mistake
- a simple spelling mistake, like 'recieve'
- a mistake made by mis-hitting a key, like 'hte'
'There' indicates
- Location, as in 'over there'
- Someone's belongings, as in 'there jacket'
- An abbreviated version of they are
Which of these are apostrophes NOT used for
- Indicating a missing letter in an abbreviation
- Indicating possession
- Indicating plurals of words and letters
- Breaking up long sentences
Text language
- Means grammar and punctuation are redundant
- Encourages quick, comprehensible communication
- Is perfectly acceptable for academic work
- Is the spawn of the devil
Yes I believe it is he said
- Doesn't need any commas
- Needs one comma
- Needs two commas
- Needs three commas
Which of these would a newspaper not use for the title of a book, song or film?
- Block capitals
- Italics
- Single quotation marks
Which of these spellings is correct
- accommodation
- acommodation
- accomodation
- acomodation
Whats the matter John she asked - choose the correct version:
- "What's the matter, John", she asked
- "What's the matter John?" she asked
- "What's the matter, John?" she asked
- "What's the matter, John?", she asked
Vocabulary error
- Using was instead of were
- Using their instead of there
- Using it's instead of its
- Using his instead of John's
Its a real pity that Sheilas dog was ill and she couldnt go to James party
- Needs one apostrophe
- Needs two apostrophes
- Needs three apostrophes
- Needs four apostrophes
'Drowning in debt' is
- A metaphor
- A simile
- Neither of the above
Journalese is
- legal language used in newspapers
- tabloid slang
- words or phrases overused by newspapers
- words or phrases only found in newspapers
It's
- indicates that something belongs to it
- is an abbreviation of 'it is'
What is the term given to cutting an article to a set length for size?
- Casting off
- Cutting off
- Crimping off
- Chopping off