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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.






2. 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






3. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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4. Do not use the term teenaged






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






6. Means to influence






7. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions






8. Despite means the same thing and is shorter






9. 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






10. An aspect or stage






11. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy






12. Means at the side of






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






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






15. Is the possessive of who






16. Every two years






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






18. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship






19. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition






20. When speaking of an individual






21. Multiple transportation vehicles






22. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes






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






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






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






26. Man to be married






27. 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






28. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






29. Legal term for slaying or killing






30. References to insurance






31. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Homicide without malice or premeditation






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






40. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities






41. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.






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






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






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






45. Means to make sure or give confidence






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

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47. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill






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






49. The proper name for some trains and buses






50. A listener or reader ____s something from the words