Journalists even those working simultaneously in print, on air and on the Web trade in words. Using language well across platforms is a vital skill; the cleaner and clearer the text, the more effective the result. Watch Your Words, now in its fourth edition, is a brief and accessible handbook for mastering baseline knowledge of punctuation, grammar, usage and Associated Press style.This new edition features a new quality-control guide to writing and editing. The guide covers accuracy and fact-checking; brevity and tightening; clarity; use of quotes and attribution; and basic editing principles. The new edition also incorporates current AP style and continues to offer language-skills self-tests with answer keys, as well as sections on spelling and copy-editing symbols. It is an excellent resource for use in both the classroom and the newsroom.
Getting Text Right Punctuation Rules and Guidelines Conjunction Junction: Comma Rules for and, but and or Nonessential vs. Essential: That vs. Which Punctuation Self-Test Grammar Basic Terms and Concepts Grammar Terms and Concepts Exercise Mapping Who vs. Whom Making the Right Choice Practice Sentences: Who vs. Whom Other Rules and Guidelines Grammar Self-Tests Usage Rules and Guidelines Usage Self-Test RECAP: Comprehensive Self-Test AP Stylebook Study Guide AP Style Self-Tests Spelling Homonyms and Other Sound-Alikes Exercise Spelltraps Copy-Editing Symbols Copy-Editing Symbols Self-Test Basic Symbolism Quality-Control Guide to Writing and Editing Supplementary Self-Tests Punctuation/AP Style Test Grammar/AP Style Test Usage/AP Style Test Final Language-Skills Test Answer Key Punctuation Self-Test Grammar Terms and Concepts Exercise Grammar Self-Test I Grammar Self-Test II Usage Self-Test RECAP: Comprehensive Self-Test7 AP Style Self-Test I AP Style Self-Test II AP Style Self-Test III Homonyms and Other Sound-Alikes Copy-Editing Symbols Self-Test Punctuation/AP Style Test Grammar/AP Style Test Usage/AP Style Test Final Language-Skills Test Exercise: Fact-Checking Exercise: Tightening Exercise: Clarity Exercise: Quotes and Attribution Index About the Author
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