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Editing Today Workbook
Ron F. Smith (Author)
9780813813172, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 11 March 2003
258 pages
28 x 21.3 x 1.4 cm, 0.615 kg
Editing Today Workbook, Second Edition provides practical exercises to sharpen student skill and complements Editing Today, Second Edition
Introduction: Why Study Editing? vii The Copy Editor's Job 3 Coaching and Editing Stories 3 Checking Facts in the AP Stylebook 8 The Basics of AP Style 12 Checking Word Usage and Grammar in the AP Stylebook 21 Quick Course in Grammar and Punctuation 53 Nouns, Pronouns and Agreement 53 Modifiers, Prepositions and Conjunctions 61 Subjects, Objects and Verbs 67 Commas, Clauses and Phrases 75 More Commas, Clauses and Phrases 81 Commas and Nonessential Information 87 Hyphens, Modifiers and Verbs 95 Syntax 109 Using Words and Phrases Correctly 109 Dangling Modifiers 117 Punctuation and Quotation Marks 125 Editing the Hard-News Story 135 Ridding Copy of Wordiness and Repetition 135 Content Editing 143 Other Ways to Tell the News 155 Handling Wire Copy 171 Math and the Journalist 179 Writing Headlines 185 Libel and Fairness 187 Putting It All Together 197 Appendix: Answers to Practice Exercises 215
Subject Areas: Electronics & communications engineering [TJ]
