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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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journalism-and-media
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1. The of is unnecessary
staunch
widower
hanged
off of
2. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
City Council
like
badly
last
3. Multiple transportation vehicles
buses
citizen
accept
resident
4. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
Fourth of July
italics
Nobel Prize
Cabinet
5. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late
hung
national
widow
its
6. NOW is acceptable on second reference- HQ is in Washington
primiere
between
subject
National Organization for Women
7. Verb to stop the flow of something
stanch
in spite of
who's
premier
8. 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
that
citizen
marshal
speeds
9. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
demolish or destroyed
president
as
10. Is the possessive of who
each
busses
fiancee
whose
11. Means to flow in a continuous stream
rock 'n' roll
premier
pour
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
12. Means to influence
affect
navel
fewer
login - logon - logoff
13. Completeness of process of supplementing something
ZIP code
pore
complement
felony
14. Not afterwards
stanch
who's
comprise
afterward
15. Extension of time or degree
felony
crisis
further
each
16. Kisses
busses
heaven
widower
biannual
17. Should not be used as an adverb. It does not lose its status as an adjective - however - in a sentence such as "I feel bad." Such a statement is the idiomatic equivalent of I am in bad health.
bad
troops
Internet
marshal
18. A listener or reader ____s something from the words
beside
infer
accommodate
No.
19. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
adviser
email
ZIP code
collide - collision
20. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
staunch
half mast
altar
magazine names
21. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
nicknames
last
Black muslim
magazine names
22. Means to make sure or give confidence
in spite of
rack
aide
assure
23. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us
among
website
ravish
half staff
24. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy
farther
compliment
alumna
speeds
25. 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
teenage
No.
troops
26. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
median
flyer
on
italics
27. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
website
resident
amid
in spite of
28. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction
felony
Fourth of July
toward
subject
29. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive
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30. Plural form of problem or turning point
Legislature
it's
criterion
crises
31. In the sense of mass communication - such as magazines - newspapers - the news services - radio - television ad online
it's
media
criterion
affect
32. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set
one another
buses
flair
medium
33. Individual items reduced in number
fewer
afterward
founder
flay
34. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead
forward
either...or - neither...nor
criteria
principal
35. To change
Black muslim
alter
aide
like
36. To bog down become disabled or sink
flyer
founder
alumnae
half staff
37. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
less
National Organization for Women
lay
stationary
38. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
Orient - Oriental
ZIP code
nicknames
flare
39. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
titles
staunch
refute
flier
40. Always preferred over persons - persons only used when it's in a direct quote - also a collective noun when referring to a single race or nation so peoples should only be used when speaking of multiple groups
that
over
stanch
people
41. Singular form of problem or turning point
comprise
crisis
semiannual
titles
42. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
Legislature
one another
mean
impostor
43. To argue to the contrary
rebut
arrest
alter
flounder
44. 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
marshall
bus
among
Black muslim
45. 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.
muslims
wrack
biannual
citizen
46. Introduces two items - is the correct word when expressing the relationships of three or more items considered one pair at a time - all pronouns must be in the objective case - between him and her - between you and me
since
figuratively
between
muslims
47. A minor offense against the law
one another
misdemeanor
bus
hanged
48. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
marshall
stationary
ravage
native
49. A group of people - often military or animals
Fourth of July
principal
troop
alumnus
50. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.
toward
federal
italics
bus
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