English for journalists / Wynford Hicks and Gavin Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hicks, Wynford, 1942- author.

Allen, Gavin, author.

Series:

Media skills.

Media skills

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Grammar--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

English language.

Journalism--Style manuals.

Journalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages)

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, England : Routledge, [2023]

Summary:

"English for Journalists has established itself as an invaluable guide to the basics of English in newsrooms the world over, focusing on the essential aspects of writing, from reporting speech to the house styles and jargon central to the language of journalism. Written in a highly accessible and engaging style, English for Journalists covers the fundamentals of grammar, spelling, punctuation and journalistic writing, with all points illustrated through a series of concise and illuminating examples. The book features practical, easy to follow rules, the correct and incorrect ways to report stories, and examples of common mistakes and problem words in journalistic writing. This thirtieth anniversary edition adds a new introduction to the work from author Wynford Hicks, as well as a revised first chapter on the state of English today. A brand-new chapter on writing for social media by Gavin Allen has also been included, along with an updated glossary and references, to bring the text up to date. This is an essential guide to written English for all practicing journalists and students of journalism today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introduction: How this Book Began

1 English Today

'Britishisms'

American Spelling …

… Grammar…

… and Punctuation

Fragments

Meaning

'You're Welcome'

The 'Baby Boom' Myth

Homegrown Clichés

Political Correctness, Gender and Race

Insults Reclaimed

Swearing and Taboo

Proven (And Other Pomposities)

House Style

2 Grammar: the Rules

The Parts of Speech

Article

Noun

Pronoun

Verb

Finite Verbs

Indicative Tenses

Conditional Tenses

Subjunctive Tenses

Non-finite Verbs

Adjective

Adverb

Preposition

Conjunction

Interjection

Sentences

Transitive Verbs and Objects

Intransitive Verbs

Active and Passive Verbs

Inactive Verbs and Complements

Agreement of the Verb

Sentence Structure

Clauses

That and Which

Phrases

3 Grammar: 10 Common Mistakes

1 The Dangling Modifier

The Floating Participle (A Particular Case of the Dangling Modifier)

2 Number Disagreement

2a Verb Clash

2b Noun/pronoun Clash

2c Pronoun Clash

2d Pronoun/verb Clash

2e Singular Verb for Plural

2f Plural Verb for Singular

3 Fewer and Less

4 Tenses Out of Sequence

Subjunctive Failure

5 May for Might

6 One and You

7 Saying It Twice

8 Whom for Who

9 Pronoun Abuse: I and Me Etc

10 And Which Etc

4 Grammar: Problems and Confusions

A and an

Absolute Adjectives

After

And and But

And Which Etc

Any

As

As and Than

Between

Bored (Of)

Both

Centre Around, In, On

Compare Like With Like

Compare to and With

Comprise (Of)

Conjunctions to Start Sentences

Dangling Modifier

Different From, Than, to

Double Negative

Due to

Equally

Fed Up (Of)

Few

Fewer and Less

Floating Participle.

Following

For You and I

From/to

The 'Fronted Adverbial' Muddle

Hopefully

Lay and Lie

Like and Such as

May for Might

Meet

Myself

None

No Question/argument

Number Disagreement

One and You

One Word Not Two

Only

Prepositions: the Pitfalls

Prepositions to End Sentences

Saying It Twice

Since

Split Infinitive

Suffice (It) to Say

Superlatives

Tenses Out of Sequence

They, Their, Them

Try To/and

Whether

Which and That

Whom for Who

With

5 Spelling

Words People Get Wrong

Confusions

I Before E

Plurals

Suffixes

Agreement

American Variants

Spelling Mistakes

6 Punctuation

The Four Main Stops

Comma

Semicolon

Colon

Full Stop (Full Point, Period)

The Paragraph Break

Quotation Marks (Quote Marks, Quotes)

Parentheses

Other Marks

Dash

Hyphen

Problem

Apostrophe

Apostrophe Problems

Question Mark (Query)

Common Query Mistakes

Exclamation Mark (Screamer)

Dots (Ellipsis, Leader Dots…)

Slash (Oblique /)

Asterisk (*)

Blob (Bullet Point )

Punctuation Mistakes

7 Reporting Speech

Direct Quotes

Reported Speech

General Points

8 Style

Suitability

Simplicity

Precision

Poise

Stylistic Devices

Alliteration

Assonance

Graveyard (Also Black, Gallows, Sick) Humour

Hyperbole

Irony

Litotes

Metaphor

Metonymy

Onomatopoeia

Oxymoron

Pun

Repetition

Rhetoric

Simile

Synecdoche

Variation

9 Social Media

Introduction

Social Media Platforms: a Timeline

The Style Guide Still Applies

Writing in a Personal Capacity V Writing On Behalf of the Product

Reporting Speech

Images/juxtaposition

Don't Deviate When You Abbreviate.

To Emoji Or Not to Emoji

Slang

Swearing

Americanisms/international Words

Twitter Threads

Social Video Subtitles

General Rules/pitfalls

1 Don't Write Anything On Social You Wouldn't Write for the Product

2 Add Value, Briefly

3 Don't Waste Readers' Time By Repeating the Article Headline

4 Retain Context, Accuracy and Clarity

5 You Don't Always Need a 'Sell'

What Happens If I Make a Mistake?

App Alerts

Getting Called Out/firestorms

Abuse

How to Approach the Main Social Platforms

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

TikTok

WhatsApp

YouTube

LinkedIn

Which Social Media Platform Has the Most Users Worldwide?

10 Words

Exaggeration

Tabloidese

Posh Words

Vogue Words

Jargon

Euphemism

Four-letter Words …

Words With Two Possible Meanings

Confusing Pairs

Redundant Words

Non-existent Words

Empty Words

Americanisms

Clichés

Misquotations and Factual Mistakes

Mistakes

11 Foreign Words

Common Classical References

12 Figures

Appendix 1 Style Guide

Appendix 2 The 'Fronted Adverbial' Muddle

Appendix 3 Glossary of Terms

Further Reading

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Hicks, Wynford English for Journalists

ISBN:

1-00-327650-4

1-000-89535-1

1-000-89540-8

1-003-27650-4

9781003276500

OCLC:

1452609585