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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense






2. Twice a year (same as biannual)






3. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying






4. A first performance






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






6. 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






7. Is the possessive of who






8. Means to receive






9. Multiple transportation vehicles






10. Means in addition to






11. Means more than half of an amount






12. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use






13. Means in an exact sense






14. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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15. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.






16. 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.






17. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






18. Means to influence






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






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






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






22. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes






23. Writing paper






24. 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.






25. To stand still






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






27. 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.






28. When speaking of an individual






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






30. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)






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






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






33. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides






34. Takes a singular verb






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






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






38. 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






39. The title of an individual who is the first minister in a national government that has a council of ministers. also the correct title for individuals who lead the provincial governments in canada and australia






40. To swing the arms widely






41. 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






42. The nouns that follow these words do not constitute a compound subject; they are alternate subjects and require a verb that agrees with the nearer subject - Neither they nor he is going - Neither he nor they are going.






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






44. To make an ostentatious or defiant display






45. Transportation vehicle






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






47. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding






48. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun






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






50. Individual items reduced in number