Watch Your Words

by Dunsky, Marda

• ISBN13: 9780742553910
• ISBN10: 0742553914
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-28
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

Journalists trade in words. Using language accurately, clearly and consistently is part of their job and this skill is equally important for writers and editors. The second edition of Watch Your Words now updated according to changes in AP style is a handbook for quick and accessible classroom and newsroom use. Consistent with The Associated Press Stylebook, it establishes a baseline for language-skills knowledge in the areas of punctuation, grammar and usage, as well as AP style. It also includes a new section of supplementary self-tests. Mastery of the material in Watch Your Words can equip the student or professional with the basic tools for producing clean copy.

Table of Contents

Language Skills: Whys and Wherefores	vii
Punctuation	1	(12)
Rules and Guidelines	2	(3)
Conjunction Junction: Comma Rules for and, but and or	5	(1)
Nonessential vs. Essential: That vs. Which	6	(5)
Punctuation Self-Test	11	(2)
Grammar	13	(16)
Basic Terms and Concepts	13	(2)
Grammar Terms and Concepts Exercise	15	(1)
Mapping Who vs. Whom	16	(1)
Making the Right Choice	16	(1)
Practice Sentences: Who vs. Whom	16	(1)
Other Rules and Guidelines	17	(10)
Grammar Self-Tests	27	(2)
Usage	29	(11)
Rules and Guidelines	29	(10)
Usage Self-Test	39	(1)
RECAP: Comprehensive Self-Test	40	(2)
AP Stylebook Study Guide	42	(6)
AP Style Self-Tests	43	(5)
Spelling	48	(5)
Homonyms and Other Sound-Alikes Exercise	49	(1)
Spelltraps	50	(3)
Copy-Editing Symbols	53	(2)
Copy-Editing Symbols Self-Test	53	(1)
Basic Symbolism	54	(1)
Supplementary Self-Tests	55	(6)
Punctuation/AP Style Test	55	(1)
Grammar/AP Style Test	56	(1)
Usage/AP Style Test	57	(1)
Ainal Language-Skills Test	58	(3)
Answer Keys	61	(20)
Punctuation Self-Test	61	(2)
Grammar Terms and Concepts Exercise	63	(1)
Grammar Self-Test I	64	(1)
Grammar Self-Test II	65	(1)
Usage Self-Test	66	(1)
RECAP: Comprehensive Self-Test	67	(2)
AP Style Self-Test I	69	(2)
AP Style Self-Test II	71	(1)
AP Style Self-Test III	72	(1)
Homonyms and Other Sound-Alikes	73	(1)
Copy-Editing Symbols Self-Test	74	(1)
Punctuation/AP Style Test	75	(1)
Grammar/AP Style Test	76	(1)
Usage/AP Style Test	77	(1)
Final Language-Skills Test	78	(3)
Index	81	(2)
About the Author	83