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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Transportation vehicle






2. 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.






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






4. A minor offense against the law






5. Means to exclude






6. Physical distance






7. 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






8. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






9. Every two years






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






11. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities






12. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship






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






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






15. Singular form of a standard






16. Is the possessive of who






17. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage






18. 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






19. 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.






20. Twice a year (same as biannual)






21. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite






22. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






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






24. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -






25. To stand still






26. Homicide without malice or premeditation






27. 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.






28. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive

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29. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.






30. 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






31. 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






32. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase






33. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill






34. Assistance






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






36. Takes a singular verb






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






38. Do not use the term teenaged






39. A picture - a criminal or oneself






40. Means to gaze intently or steadily






41. A group of people - often military or animals






42. Plural form of a standard






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






44. 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






45. Should not be used as an adverb. It does not lose its status as an adjective - however - in a sentence such as "I feel bad." Such a statement is the idiomatic equivalent of I am in bad health.






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






47. 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






48. Woman to be married






49. To change






50. Legal term for slaying or killing