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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Use with great care - Avoid any suggestion that the writer is making an allegation - Specify the source of an allegation (arrest record etc.) - Use alleged bribe or similar phrase when necessary to make it clear that an unproved action is not being






2. References to insurance






3. Multiple transportation vehicles






4. Do not use the term teenaged






5. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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6. 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






7. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size






8. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)






9. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations






10. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.






11. Copy pertaining to the navy






12. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals






13. 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






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






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






16. 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






17. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.






18. Woman to be married






19. Kiss






20. 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.






21. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)






22. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name






23. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla






24. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement






25. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck






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






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






28. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes






29. Singular form of problem or turning point






30. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid






31. A person who gives advice - never advisor






32. To swing the arms widely






33. A contraction for it is or it has

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34. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy






35. AP does not italicize words in news stories.






36. Avoid the use of last as a synonym for latest if it might imply finality - this word is unnecessary to imply the most recent if there is a month or day used.






37. Individual items reduced in number






38. A picture - a criminal or oneself






39. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name






40. A person who serves as an assistant






41. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force






42. Twice a year (same as semiannual)






43. Use all-caps ZIP for zoning improvement plan - but always lowercase the word code - run the 5 digits together without a comma and do not put a comma between state name and ZIP






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






45. Means at the side of






46. Every two years






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






48. When referring to a woman who has attended a school






49. One who comes into a country ___s to it






50. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction







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