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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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1. A table-like platform used in a religious service
altar
alumnae
compliment
principle
2. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
plurality
lay
courtesy titles
defendant
3. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)
City Hall
widower
pour
insure
4. Singular form of problem or turning point
flare
farther
president
crisis
5. Plural form of a standard
lie
alumni
criteria
nicknames
6. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.
nicknames
farther
City Council
principle
7. Means in addition to
Orient - Oriental
besides
literally
media
8. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
arrest
sneaked
Orient - Oriental
hung
9. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade
who's
marshall
amid
bad
10. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
adviser
troops
under way
11. For essential clauses -important to the meaning of a sentence and without commas. Use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name
criteria
immigrate
that
naval
12. Copy pertaining to the navy
NAACP
alumni
naval
pore
13. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.
lie
ZIP code
federal
firefighter - police officer
14. A member of a predominantly black Islamic sect in the United States. However the term is considered DEROGATORY by members of the sect - who call themselves muslims
Legislature
effect
Black muslim
median
15. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
refute
Fourth of July
off of
more than
16. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)
faze
over
compliment
majority
17. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
muslims
rack
besides
comprise
18. Malicious - premeditated homicide - some states define certain homicides as this if the killing occurs in the course of armed robbery - rape - etc. - do not say a victim was ____ed unless it was proven in court - instead say the victim was killed or
Fourth of July
toward
murder
flyer
19. Extension of time or degree
it's
in-law
federal
further
20. For non essential clauses - where the pronoun is less necessary and use commas. use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name
defendant
rack
which
flare
21. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
flier
compose
stanch
firefighter - police officer
22. For hanging not referring to a person's death
all right
Nobel Prize
bad
hung
23. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set
italics
troops
citizen
medium
24. Means to guarantee
City Council
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
ensure
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
25. Also Independence Day. The federal legal holiday is observed on Friday if July 4 falls on a Saturday - on Monday if it falls on a Sunday.
lie
founder
Fourth of July
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
26. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
who's
emigrate
last
Legislature
27. NOW is acceptable on second reference- HQ is in Washington
National Organization for Women
like
fiance
either
28. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
alumnae
further
one another
Orient - Oriental
29. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
lay
whose
plurality
impostor
30. Man to be married
comprise
fiance
among
City Hall
31. Legal term for slaying or killing
afterward
assure
homicide
who
32. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
beside
all right
alumnus
ravage
33. In its sense used in arithmetic and statistics - is an average and is determined by adding the series of numbers and dividing the sum by the number of cases
mean
among
one another
complement
34. Woman to be married
because
fiancee
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
fiance
35. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
Orient - Oriental
crises
because
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
36. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
fewer
who
ravish
bus
37. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
median
drowned
in-law
italics
38. Indicates a state of reclining. It does not take a direct object. Its past tense is lay. Its past participle is lain and present participle is lying - when __ means to make an untrue statement - the verb forms are lie - lied - lying.
lie
italics
norm
each
39. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.
widow
homicide
troupe
effect
40. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes
who's
reference works
flout
wrack
41. Takes a singular verb
beside
Internet
each
misdemeanor
42. Twice a year (same as biannual)
Black muslim
semiannual
besides
allege
43. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place
principle
allege
Orient - Oriental
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
44. A person who has acquired the full civil rights of a nation either by birth or naturalization. Cities and states in the U.S. do not confer citizenship.
stationery
farther
criteria
citizen
45. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
login - logon - logoff
further
as
marshal
46. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
imply
speeds
literally
flaunt
47. Applied to a person residing away from the nation of which he or she is a citizen - or to a person under the protection of a specified nation.
citizen
national
that
resident
48. To avoid any suggestion that someone is being judged before a trial - do not use a phrase such as arrested for killing. Instead - use arrested on a charge of killing. If a charge hasn't been filed - arrested on suspicion of - or a similar phrase - sh
arrest
criteria
aide
ravage
49. Means more than half of an amount
pour
courtesy titles
manslaughter
majority
50. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
firefighter - police officer
Cabinet
whom
like
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