Practice in Copyediting Quiz

1A good journalist is also a good:

(1 point)
Responses

Reporter
Reporter

Copy-editor
Copy-editor

Speaker
Speaker

Writer

Writer

Copy-editing means:

(1 point)
Responses

Rewriting stories
Rewriting stories

Copying stories
Copying stories

Correcting stories
Correcting stories

Drafting stories

Correcting stories

Which of the following is the best sentence:

(1 point)
Responses

Either Susan or I will attend the conference
Either Susan or I will attend the conference

Either Susan or I was going to attend the conference
Either Susan or I was going to attend the conference

Either Susan or I were attending the conference
Either Susan or I were attending the conference

Either Susan or I attended the conference

Either Susan or I will attend the conference

To a copy editor, what does GSPS stand for:

(1 point)
Responses

Guidelines, style, punctuation and spelling
Guidelines, style, punctuation and spelling

Grammar, style, pronunciation and spelling
Grammar, style, pronunciation and spelling

Grammar, setting, punctuation and spelling
Grammar, setting, punctuation and spelling

Grammar, style, punctuation and spelling

Grammar, style, punctuation and spelling

Which of the following is the best sentence:

(1 point)
Responses

Neither Billy or I are straight A students.
Neither Billy or I are straight A students.

Neither Billy nor I are straight A students.
Neither Billy nor I are straight A students.

Neither Billy or I am straight A students.
Neither Billy or I am straight A students.

Neither Billy nor me are straight A students.

Neither Billy nor I are straight A students.

Either Miss Stacey or Miss Marissa will take ______ class to the zoo today.

(1 point)
Responses

There
There

Their
Their

Its
Its

Her