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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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journalism-and-media
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1. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
people
alter
amid
in-law
2. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid
Black muslim
Fourth of July
drowned
norm
3. Means to receive
pore
Internet
accept
fiance
4. Transportation vehicle
ravish
collide - collision
bus
accept
5. Writing paper
stationery
majority
flay
subject
6. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship
because
allege
it's
ensure
7. To avoid any suggestion that someone is being judged before a trial - do not use a phrase such as arrested for killing. Instead - use arrested on a charge of killing. If a charge hasn't been filed - arrested on suspicion of - or a similar phrase - sh
arrest
alumni
Internet
italics
8. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
half mast
ravage
complement
national
9. 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
premier
City Council
all right
Black muslim
10. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
crises
fiancee
allege
whom
11. To make an ostentatious or defiant display
flaunt
email
website
allege
12. Plural form of a standard
last
ravage
widow
criteria
13. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
flair
her
comprise
off of
14. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.
one another
effect
demolish or destroyed
lay
15. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
either...or - neither...nor
flay
daylight saving time
login - logon - logoff
16. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying
composition titles
affect
lay
drowned
17. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
more than
half staff
stationery
titles
18. Physical distance
farther
bad
teenage
that
19. 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.
last
premier
crisis
among
20. A table-like platform used in a religious service
toward
alter
altar
Cabinet
21. 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
composition titles
Nobel Prize
manslaughter
subject
22. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
troupe
alumnae
flare
ensure
23. Extension of time or degree
between
teenage
federal
further
24. 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.
composition titles
Internet
forward
teenage
25. Indicates a state of reclining. It does not take a direct object. Its past tense is lay. Its past participle is lain and present participle is lying - when __ means to make an untrue statement - the verb forms are lie - lied - lying.
further
ensure
drowned
lie
26. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
its
hanged
immigrate
muslims
27. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
in-law
comprise
stanch
muslims
28. A person who gives advice - never advisor
adviser
navel
assure
beside
29. 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.
nicknames
hopefully
alter
whom
30. 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
mean
No.
which
comprise
31. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
one another
since
ravage
biennial
32. Means to cause or as a noun means a result
effect
figuratively
each other
composition titles
33. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities
insure
resident
allege
alumnae
34. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
muslims
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
norm
average
35. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
subject
Legislature
homicide
navel
36. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
buss
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
composition titles
founder
37. Means to guarantee
manslaughter
crises
between
ensure
38. Takes a singular verb
widower
each
assure
compliment
39. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger
Cabinet
flaunt
flare
muslims
40. When referring to a woman who has attended a school
among
each other
alumna
arrest
41. Copy pertaining to the navy
flaunt
principle
naval
hopefully
42. A minor offense against the law
misdemeanor
adviser
composition titles
arrest
43. 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.
citizen
accommodate
fiance
was drowned
44. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set
busses
medium
it's
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
45. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes
rock 'n' roll
magazine names
on
adviser
46. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
further
accommodate
median
infer
47. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.
flay
No.
subject
marshall
48. Singular form of a standard
heaven
rebut
criterion
criteria
49. 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
each other
Orient - Oriental
murder
hopefully
50. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force
principle
muslims
arrest
bad
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