How well do you know our Style Guide? Part 2

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How Well Do You Know Our Style Guide?

Test your knowledge of our Style Guide with this engaging quiz! Perfect for learners and writers alike, this quiz will help reinforce your understanding of proper language usage, grammar, and stylistic conventions.

Each question is designed to challenge your grasp of our guidelines, covering a range of topics including:

Grammar and punctuation
Proper formatting
Quoting and attribution
Inclusivity and race considerations

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by WritingNinja52

Some learners did not pass matric (ie, Jenny, Pieter and Thando). In this sentence, what does the "ie" mean?

It roughly means "for example".

It means "the following".

It means "that is".

It means "the next".

When writing "it's" in a sentence; the apostrophe indicates what?

That a letter is missing.

It indicates possession.

It indicates missing words.

That a sound is missing.

When writing distance, this is the correct way of writing "kilometer".

True

False

It is both correct and incorrect.

It should be abbreviated - km.

When referring to a police station, which of the below is incorrect?

Always write out the station's name in full, eg, Parkview Police Station, throughout the story.

The first time you mention a police station's name in your story, write it out in full.

After mentioning it in full the first time, you can thereafter only write "police station" in lower case.

Write the correct capitalisation of the name when writing it the first time.

Please select the correct phrase which contains a direct quote:

Marietta said the journalist "did an excellent job'.

Marietta said the journalists 'did an excellent job'.

Marietta said that the journos, "did an excellent job", of the project.

Marietta said, "excellent job", to the journalists.

Which is a general misconception of using quoted text in a story?

Always attribute after the first quote, rather than far down in the article.

Do not paraphrase and then use a quote to say the same thing.

When quoting a person, you are not allowed to change the wording in order to 'clean up' a clumsy quote.

A quote within a quote uses single quotation marks.

Please select the correct way of using the word robbed.

The business was robbed of valuables.

The burglar robbed the house of a TV, three cell phones and small appliances.

After the hostage scene at the mall, they robbed the premises of thousands.

Jason Hendriks was approached by an unknown man who robbed him of his possession.

When referring to a person's race in your story, which of the following can be considered as incorrect?

Say black people, coloured people or white people - never use blacks, colours or whites.

When writing a significant piece, ask yourself, does specifying race serve a purpose?

We never use race in an article/ story - it is considered irrelevant.

When writing a police report/ article, mentioning the race can help the police, especially in a "wanted" piece.

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