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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Means in an exact sense






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






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






4. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






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






6. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right

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7. Malicious - premeditated homicide - some states define certain homicides as this if the killing occurs in the course of armed robbery - rape - etc. - do not say a victim was ____ed unless it was proven in court - instead say the victim was killed or






8. To argue to the contrary






9. A first performance






10. Means to guarantee






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






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






13. 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






14. Singular form of problem or turning point






15. Means in a hopeful manner. Do not use to mean it is hoped - let us hope or we hope - right: It is hoped we will complete our work in June. wrong: Hopefully - we will complete our work in June.






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






17. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






18. Copy pertaining to the navy






19. A picture - a criminal or oneself






20. A table-like platform used in a religious service






21. A minor offense against the law






22. A person who gives advice - never advisor






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






24. Transportation vehicle






25. 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.






26. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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






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






29. 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.






30. To stand still






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






32. For: peace - chemistry - literature - physics and physiology or medicine - the prize in economic studies is in memorial to alfred and should be referred to as such - ceremonies are held on Dec. 10 - Capitalize when with name - lowercase when not with






33. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.






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






35. 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






36. Completeness of process of supplementing something






37. 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






38. 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






39. Takes a singular verb






40. To change






41. A person who serves as an assistant






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






43. A group of people - often military or animals






44. An aspect or stage






45. Also Independence Day. The federal legal holiday is observed on Friday if July 4 falls on a Saturday - on Monday if it falls on a Sunday.






46. 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.






47. Kisses






48. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes






49. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy






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