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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Means to flow in a continuous stream






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. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.






4. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.






5. Means to exclude






6. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use






7. 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






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






9. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).






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






11. Verb to stop the flow of something






12. A first performance






13. Extension of time or degree






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. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person






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






17. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla






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






19. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.






20. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at






21. Not afterwards






22. 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.






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






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






25. Is the possessive of who






26. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid






27. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)






28. 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






29. The correct word to introduce clauses - .e.g Jayne blocks the linebacker __ he should






30. Singular form of problem or turning point






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

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32. A listener or reader ____s something from the words






33. Man to be married






34. A minor offense against the law






35. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc






36. To stand still






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






38. Means in addition to






39. Takes a singular verb






40. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force






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






42. To bog down become disabled or sink






43. 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






44. 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






45. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set






46. Kisses






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






48. A group of people - often military or animals






49. Takes plural verb - use it to mean one or the other - not both - right: she said to use either door - wrong: there were lions on either side of the door






50. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.