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    The document provides guidelines for copy readers on formatting numbers, dates, names, and other elements as well as checking for errors in facts, grammar, spelling, and redundancies. It also outlines the steps copy readers should take which include reading the full text, deleting irrelevant details, reorganizing paragraphs, and editing before writing the headline and slug line and providing print directions.

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    The document provides guidelines for copy readers on formatting numbers, dates, names, and other elements as well as checking for errors in facts, grammar, spelling, and redundancies. It also outlines the steps copy readers should take which include reading the full text, deleting irrelevant details, reorganizing paragraphs, and editing before writing the headline and slug line and providing print directions.

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    The key takeaways are the general guidelines for writing numbers, checking for errors, simplifying words, observing conciseness and organizing paragraphs in copy reading.

    In general, spell out numbers one through nine and use figures for numbers 10 and higher. There are also exceptions for addresses, ages, cents, dollars, dates, dimensions, highways, millions, billions, percentages, speed, temperatures and times.

    Copy readers should check for errors in facts, grammar, punctuations, spelling, usage, redundancy, verbal deadwood, opinionated/libelous statements and irrelevant details.

    2019 Regional

    Journalism Clinique
    Copy Reading and Headline Writing
    JOEMAR L. FURIGAY
    MT-1/OIC-Department Head, English Learning Area
    Las Piñas City National Science High School
    COPY READING
    COPY READING
    COPY READING
    NUMBERS
    - In general, spell out numbers
    one through nine and use
    figures for numbers 10 and
    higher.
    COPY READING
    EXCEPTIONS
    ○ Addresses
    ○ Ages, but not for inanimate objects
    ○ Cents
    ○ Dollars. Do not include a period and two zeroes
    when referring to an even dollar figure.
    ○ Dates. Dates take cardinal numbers.
    ○ Dimensions
    COPY READING
    EXCEPTIONS
    ○ Highways
    ○ Millions, billions
    ○ Percentages. Percent is one word.
    ○ Speed
    ○ Temperatures
    ○ Times. Do not include a colon and two zeroes
    when referring to an even hour.
    COPY READING
    NUMBERS
    - Spell out a number used at the
    beginning of a sentence.
    Exception: Never spell out years.
    COPY READING
    NUMBERS
    - Use commas to set off each
    group of three digits in numerals
    higher than 999 (except for
    years and addresses).
    COPY READING
    NUMBERS
    - Use decimals (up to two
    places) for amounts in the
    millions and billions that do not
    require a precise figure.
    COPY READING
    NUMBERS
    - Add an -s but no apostrophe to a
    number to make it plural. The same
    rule applies to decades. Use an
    apostrophe on a decade only if
    cutting off the initial figures.
    COPY READING
    NUMBERS
    - Use hyphens for phone
    numbers.
    COPY READING
    ACRONYMS
    -Don’t use them.
    ● Spell out on first mention. On
    subsequent mentions, use generic
    terms such as the board, the
    division, etc.
    COPY READING
    ACRONYMS
    -● Don’t put acronyms in
    parentheses after the first
    reference (e.g., “The Water
    Quality Control Division
    (WQCD) …”).
    COPY READING
    CAPITALIZATION
    ● Capitalize common nouns such as
    party, river and street when they
    are part of a proper name.
    E.g., Pasig River, Gloria Diaz Street
    COPY READING
    CAPITALIZATION
    ● Capitalize the word “room” when
    used with the number of the room
    or when part of the name of a
    specially designated room.
    E.g., Room 315, Gabaldon Room
    COPY READING
    CAPITALIZATION
    ● Lowercase directional indicators
    except when they refer to specific
    geographic regions or popularized
    names for those regions.
    E.g., south of Metro Manila
    COPY READING
    CAPITALIZATION
    ● Capitalize formal titles that come
    directly before a name.
    E.g., Senator Trillanes,
    Mayor Aguilar
    COPY READING
    CAPITALIZATION
    ● Lowercase formal titles that appear on their
    own or follow a name.
    E.g., The senator of the Philippines…;
    Jennifer T. Erispe, school head of LPCNSHS
    BUT: LPCNSHS School Head Jennifer T. Erispe
    COPY READING
    Date, Day, Time
    ● Always use Arabic figures, without st, nd, rd or th.
    ● When a month is used with a specific date,
    abbreviate Jan., Feb., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov. and Dec.
    ● When a phrase lists only a month and year, spell out
    the month and do not separate the month and the year
    with commas.
    COPY READING
    Date, Day, Time
    ● When a phrase refers to a month, day
    and year, set off the year with commas.
    ● Use figures except for noon and midnight
    ● Use a.m. or p.m. (with periods)
    COPY READING
    Names
    ● Use a person’s first and last
    name the first time he or she is
    mentioned. On second
    reference, use only last name
    with no title.
    COPY READING
    Names
    ● Do not use courtesy titles such as
    Mr., Mrs., Miss or Ms. unless they are
    part of a direct quotation or are
    needed to differentiate between
    people who have the same last name.
    COPY READING
    Apostrophes
    ● For plurals of a single letter, add
    ‘s
    ● Do not use 's for plurals of
    numbers or multiple letter
    combinations
    COPY READING
    Colons
    ● Capitalize the first word after a colon
    only if it is a proper noun or the start
    of a complete sentence.
    ● Colons go outside quotation marks
    unless they are part of the quoted
    material.
    COPY READING
    Commas
    ● Don’t use a comma before a
    conjunction in a simple series.
    E.g., The dinner choices were
    chicken, cod or beef.
    COPY READING
    •Commas
    ● Use a comma for a series that
    included elements containing and or or

    E.g., The menu offered a choice of


    bacon and eggs, pancakes, or waffles.
    COPY READING
    Hyphens
    ● Use hyphens to link all the
    words in a compound adjective.
    E.g., The five-volume report
    called for cleaning up the area
    over a 10-year period.
    COPY READING
    Parentheses
    ● Avoid using parentheses when possible.
    If parentheses are required the rules are: If
    the parenthetical is a complete,
    independent sentence, place the period
    inside the parentheses; if not, the period
    goes outside.
    COPY READING
    Quotation Marks
    ● Single quotation marks should be
    used only for a quote within a quote.
    Do not use quotation marks for word
    emphasis.
    ● The period and the comma always go
    within the quotation marks.
    COPY READING
    Quotation Marks
    ● The dash, semicolon, question mark
    and exclamation point go within the
    quotation marks when they apply to
    the quoted matter only. They go
    outside when they apply to the whole
    sentence.
    COPY READING
    Titles
    ● Generally, capitalize formal
    titles when they appear
    before a person’s name.
    COPY READING
    Titles
    ● Lowercase titles if they are informal,
    appear without a person’s name,
    follow a person’s name or are set off
    before a name by commas.
    E.g., Mark Villar, a congressman from
    Las Piñas
    COPY READING
    Titles
    ● Lowercase adjectives that
    designate the status of a title.
    E.g., former President Benigno Aquino
    COPY READING
    Titles
    ● If a title is long, place it after the
    person’s name, or set it off with
    commas before the person’s name.
    E.g., Paul Schneider, deputy
    secretary of Homeland Security,
    COPY READING
    Titles
    ● Spell out titles with names used in
    direct quotes with the exception of Dr.,
    Mr. and Mrs.
    E.g., “Governor Hickenlooper is
    obviously no Peyton Manning,” she
    said.
    COPY READING
    Titles
    ● Titles of books, movies, recordings,
    television shows and similar works are set
    off in quotation marks, with all principal
    words capitalized.
    E.g., “Harry Potter and the Deathly
    Hallows,” “Memory Almost Full,” “Grey’s
    Anatomy”
    COPY READING
    Technological Terms
    ● Google, Googling, Googled
    ● hashtag
    ● IM (IMed, IMing; for first reference, use
    instant messenger)
    ● Internet (after first reference, the Net)
    ● iPad, iPhone, iPod (use IPad, IPhone, or IPod
    when the word begins a sentence)
    COPY READING
    Technological Terms
    ● PMs, PMing, PMed
    ● OKs, OK’ing, OK’d
    What should copy readers do
    Check Errors
    ● facts
    ● grammar
    ● punctuations
    ● spelling
    What should copy readers do
    Check Errors
    ● usage
    ● redundancy
    ● verbal deadwood
    ● opinionated/libelous statements
    ● irrelevant details
    What should copy readers do
    Simplify Words
    ● Why utilize if you can use?
    What should copy readers do
    Observe Conciseness
    ACTIVITY
    What should copy readers do
    Organize paragraphs
    ● look for:
    • transition words
    • antecedents
    • logical connection
    GUIDED
    PRACTICE
    Steps in Copy Reading
    1 Read the text to know what
    the entire article is all about.

    2 Delete irrelevant details.


    Steps in Copy Reading
    3 Arrange the paragraphs in
    logical order.

    4 Edit the article.


    Steps in Copy Reading
    5 Write the headline.

    *Rules

    *Steps
    PRACTICE
    Steps in Copy Reading
    6 Give the slug line.

    7 Indicate the printer’s


    direction for the headline and
    body.
    Slug line
    -Category of article
    -Two/three words from
    the headline
    -Initials of
    copyreader/writer
    -Date the article was
    written/edited
    -Page number
    Slug line
    News
    Scribes bag…
    JLF
    08/3/2019
    p. 4
    Printer’s direction in the headline

    -Typeface/Font
    -Font size
    -Number of columns
    -Number of lines/decks
    -Style
    Printer’s direction in the headline

    Arial Bold
    48 pts
    2 cols
    1 deck
    downstyle
    Printer’s direction in the body

    -Typeface/Font
    -Font size- lead
    -Font size- text
    -Number of columns
    Printer’s direction in the body

    TNR
    11 pts – lead
    10 pts – text
    2 cols- text
    Write the headline schedule
    Characters Value
    Uppercase letters (except J, I, L, T, F, M & W) 1 ½ units
    M, W 2 units
    J, I, L, T, F 1 unit
    Lowercase letters (except m, w, f, i, j, l, t) 1 unit
    f, i, j, l, t ½ unit
    m, w 1 ½ units
    Punctuation (except — (em-dash) and ?) ½ unit
    ? 1 unit
    — (em-dash) 1 ½ units
    Space 1 unit
    Numbers (except 1) 1 unit
    1 ½ unit
    PRACTICE

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