When Editing, Remember That...

Question 1

The titles of works of art, plays, musicals and operas, TV series, films, novels, non-fiction books and long poems are usually ———- rather than put in ——— —–.

Answer 1

Italicized, quotation marks

Question 2

The titles of songs, short stories, TV episodes, and short poems should be ——.

Answer 2

Quoted

Question 3

Sentence constructions of location such as London, England require…

Answer 3

A comma after both elements, London and England.

Question 4

Decade names should NOT include an apostrophe before the letter ‘ - ‘.

Answer 4

s (e.g. “1960’s” should actually be written as “1960s”)

Question 5

This role involves helping the author tell a better story by improving the language used.

Answer 5

Line-editor

Question 6

This role involves ensuring that the grammar and spelling on every page are completely correct.

Answer 6

Copy-editor

Question 7

In most cases, a —- —— focuses on helping the author tell a better story by improving the language used, AS WELL AS