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News Copy Editing
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News Copy Editing
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25 Questions

1. Restrictive modifier

2. Smother verb (example)

3. en dash

4. Squinting modifiers

5. How to break sentence

6. Side-saddle head

7. Label head

8. Straightforward headline

9. Noun strings

10. Types of headlines

11. Whom - Him/her

12. Use of he/she

13. Max sentence length

14. Drop heads

15. Lookers

16. Smother verbs

17. Antecedent

18. Possessive case

19. Dangling modifiers

20. Use commas with (what words)

21. Hints something needs editing

22. That

23. em dash

24. Passive voice

25. Nominative case