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Grammar Quiz: The TikTok Trends Edition

Copyediting BuzzFeed Style Quiz: TikTok Edition

Per BuzzFeed style: Opt for the phrasing "try to" (not "try and"). Use a numeral for volumes and weights (such as "2-liter"). Spell out numbers 10 and above ("10 seconds" rather than "ten seconds"). Additionally, following _Merriam-Webster_, we'd style " [beatboxing](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beatboxing)" and " [auto-tune](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auto-tune)" just like that. (H/T: [@realbadlandschugs](https://www.tiktok.com/@realbadlandschugs?lang=en).)

I have two options to try to get TikTok famous: gulp down a 2-liter bottle of soda in 10 seconds or write an original beatboxing composition and auto-tune the vocals.

POV: You're a copy editor at BuzzFeed and you were just handed these four sentences. Which one aligns with house style?

BuzzFeed style is to italicize Supreme Court decisions (including _Citizens United v. FEC_) and to set song lyrics in quotes with a slash between lines and the first letter of each new line capitalized. (H/T: [@coco\_franklin\_](https://www.tiktok.com/@coco_franklin_/).)

I was trying to watch a video about the _Citizens United_ decision, but now I just have the background song stuck in my head. It goes, "Running away is easy / It's the leaving that's hard."

Choose the answer below that follows BuzzFeed style.

"Screengrab" is one word in the BuzzFeed style guide. "Now-deleted," which is modifying "TikTok," needs a hyphen. The Renegade dance should be capitalized; you could argue that it belongs in quotes as it's derived from a song title, but it's clear enough without them here.

A screengrab of Fiona Apple's now-deleted TikTok showed she did the Renegade without crediting Jalaiah Harmon.

Which sentence below is properly punctuated?

Per BuzzFeed style: "Screentime" and "cellphone" are each one word. The initialism "ASMR" does not need periods. Use numerals for 10 and above; don't spell them out. "9 a.m." and "10 p.m." are BuzzFeed's house style; adding "in the morning" and "at night" is redundant, so we can cut those extra words. Additionally: "yolk-smashing" modifies the phrase "ASMR videos" and should be hyphenated. (H/T: [@peterspasta](https://tiktok.com/@peterspasta).)

My screentime on my cellphone says I watched yolk-smashing ASMR videos for 13 hours, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. yesterday.

Which sentence below wouldn't make a copy editor wince?

Note the spelling of "bingeing" and "cringey" here, which is how these words appear in the BuzzFeed style guide. In the fourth option, "TikTok" has a sneaky typo: a capital I. (H/T: [@pittsburgh\_chiropractor](https://www.tiktok.com/@pittsburgh_chiropractor?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&lang=en).)

My roommate has been bingeing videos of chiropractors on TikTok, which is so cringey.

Which sentence below follows BuzzFeed style?

Copyediting is hard, but learning the "Blinding Lights" choreography is even harder.

You might know your TikTok trends well enough but still need to brush up on your BuzzFeed style. Or maybe it's the reverse.

Not bad!

You've made the BuzzFeed copy desk proud.

Nicely done!

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Grammar Quiz: The TikTok Trends Edition

It may not have the same panache as the Hype House style or the Sway House style, but for the sake of this quiz, these questions rely on BuzzFeed house style. (Look at our style guide here.)

Grammar Quiz: The TikTok Trends Edition

It may not have the same panache as the Hype House style or the Sway House style, but for the sake of this quiz, these questions rely on BuzzFeed house style. (Look at our style guide here.)

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