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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. 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






2. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.






3. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school






4. Should not be used as an adverb - use only as adjective. "I feel badly" - could be interpreted as meaning that your sense of touch was bad.






5. Verb to stop the flow of something






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






7. A listener or reader ____s something from the words






8. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy






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






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






11. To change






12. 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






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






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






15. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying






16. Means in addition to






17. For hanging not referring to a person's death






18. Do not use the term teenaged






19. 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






20. 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.






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






22. A group of people - often military or animals






23. Transportation vehicle






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






25. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use






26. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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27. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid






28. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill






29. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals






30. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)






31. 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.






32. The of is unnecessary






33. 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






34. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location






35. A table-like platform used in a religious service






36. A minor offense against the law






37. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose






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






39. Individual items reduced in number






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






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






42. 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






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






44. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense






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






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






47. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group






48. To embarrass or disturb






49. To stand still






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