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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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journalism-and-media
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1. Twice a year (same as biannual)
staunch
assure
literally
semiannual
2. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
heaven
hung
speeds
except
3. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
president
busses
half mast
each
4. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
citizen
semiannual
hang - hangs
titles
5. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -
badly
arrest
rack
magazine names
6. A table-like platform used in a religious service
literally
bus
altar
native
7. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
norm
heaven
stanch
imply
8. To change
alter
troupe
compliment
criterion
9. Writing paper
collide - collision
among
immigrate
stationery
10. 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.
lie
under way
wrack
beside
11. When referring to a man who has attended a school
farther
alumnus
firefighter - police officer
troops
12. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms
biannual
wrack
naval
president
13. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
resident
all right
allege
Fourth of July
14. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
native
bus
Orient - Oriental
emigrate
15. 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
median
affect
titles
mean
16. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
amid
insure
one another
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
17. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
Cabinet
as
alumni
troops
18. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group
average
whose
hang - hangs
norm
19. Individual items reduced in number
reference works
subject
pore
fewer
20. A person who gives advice - never advisor
adviser
manslaughter
toward
as
21. Verb to stop the flow of something
besides
stanch
it's
mean
22. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
hanged
flair
email
Nobel Prize
23. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
widower
average
alumna
hopefully
24. Assistance
except
one another
plurality
aid
25. Extension of time or degree
ravish
further
primiere
native
26. 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
speeds
flare
murder
adviser
27. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam
muslims
emigrate
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
speeds
28. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
marshal
felony
heaven
Cabinet
29. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school
troop
primiere
alumni
firefighter - police officer
30. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger
biennial
flare
whose
less
31. When speaking of an individual
person
sneaked
buses
more than
32. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
defendant
Legislature
flout
her
33. Kisses
misdemeanor
crises
busses
City Hall
34. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
criterion
one another
principal
italics
35. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)
plurality
staunch
median
faze
36. Not savings - no hyphen - when linking term with the name of a time zone - use only the word daylight (capitalize only when used with a time zone) - lowercase in all uses
daylight saving time
emigrate
badly
resident
37. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
beside
ravish
its
further
38. One who comes into a country ___s to it
immigrate
its
lie
fiancee
39. Plural form of problem or turning point
alumni
beside
reference works
crises
40. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter
marshall
Fourth of July
No.
her
41. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
fiancee
heaven
ZIP code
hanged
42. A person who serves as an assistant
ensure
aide
hopefully
lay
43. Means more than half of an amount
defendant
assure
majority
which
44. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
homicide
troop
figuratively
primiere
45. 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.
teenage
national
lay
bus
46. 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
NAACP
literally
badly
phase
47. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
courtesy titles
lie
naval
was drowned
48. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
primiere
alumni
badly
on
49. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank
alumnae
No.
daylight saving time
drowned
50. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
median
liaison
immigrate
flyer
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