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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late






2. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school






3. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together






4. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.






5. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite






6. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups






7. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage






8. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person






9. NOW is acceptable on second reference- HQ is in Washington






10. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place






11. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter






12. Means to receive






13. To change






14. A listener or reader ____s something from the words






15. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition






16. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of






17. The correct word to introduce clauses - .e.g Jayne blocks the linebacker __ he should






18. Should not be used as an adverb - use only as adjective. "I feel badly" - could be interpreted as meaning that your sense of touch was bad.






19. Takes plural verb - use it to mean one or the other - not both - right: she said to use either door - wrong: there were lions on either side of the door






20. For hanging not referring to a person's death






21. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about






22. 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.






23. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause






24. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense






25. One who leaves a country ___s from it






26. An aspect or stage






27. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish






28. Is acceptable on first reference to avoid a cumbersome lead - but provide the full name in the body of the story - HQ is in Baltimore






29. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc






30. In the sense of mass communication - such as magazines - newspapers - the news services - radio - television ad online






31. The title of an individual who is the first minister in a national government that has a council of ministers. also the correct title for individuals who lead the provincial governments in canada and australia






32. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.






33. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton






34. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)






35. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose






36. Man to be married






37. 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






38. Twice a year (same as semiannual)






39. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






40. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at






41. Means at the side of






42. A location on the World Wide Web that maintains one or more pages at a specific address. Also webcam - webcast - and webmaster. But as a short form and in terms with separate words - the Web - Web page and Web feed.






43. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.






44. A minor offense against the law






45. A picture - a criminal or oneself






46. To embarrass or disturb






47. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.






48. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly






49. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.






50. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use