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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. 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






2. Legal term for slaying or killing






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






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






5. Not afterwards






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






7. To make an ostentatious or defiant display






8. 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






9. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage






10. Means to guarantee






11. 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.






12. Kisses






13. Not savings - no hyphen - when linking term with the name of a time zone - use only the word daylight (capitalize only when used with a time zone) - lowercase in all uses






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






15. When speaking of an individual






16. The of is unnecessary






17. Means in addition to






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






19. Kiss






20. To argue to the contrary






21. Means to influence






22. Twice a year (same as biannual)






23. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group






24. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).






25. Books - computer games - movies - operas - plays - poems - albums and songs - radio and tv programs - lectures - speeches and works of art should all: - capitalize principal words - capitalize an article - quotes around these works that are not: reli






26. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






27. Every two years






28. Woman to be married






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






30. 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.






31. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast






32. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid






33. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam






34. Completeness of process of supplementing something






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






36. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade






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. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity






39. Copy pertaining to the navy






40. 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






41. 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.






42. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides






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






44. One who comes into a country ___s to it






45. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location






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






47. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.






48. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)






49. Do not use the term teenaged






50. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.