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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Not afterwards






2. To bog down become disabled or sink






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






4. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.






5. A decentralized worldwide network of computers that can communicate with each other in later references the Net is acceptable - World Wide Web - like email - is a subset of the Internet. They are not synonymous and should not be used interchangeably.






6. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam






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






8. Plural form of problem or turning point






9. 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






10. 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






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






12. References to insurance






13. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.






14. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order






15. A person who serves as an assistant






16. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions






17. A person who gives advice - never advisor






18. Copy pertaining to the navy






19. 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.






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






21. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger






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






23. A group of people - often military or animals






24. 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






25. Means at the side of






26. Kisses






27. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late






28. To change






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






30. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement






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






32. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun






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






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






35. An aspect or stage






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






37. 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.






38. Means more than half of an amount






39. One who leaves a country ___s from it






40. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy






41. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us






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






43. Means to cause or as a noun means a result






44. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.






45. Verb to stop the flow of something






46. Physical distance






47. When referring to a man who has attended a school






48. Despite means the same thing and is shorter






49. 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






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