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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife






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






3. Singular form of problem or turning point






4. An aspect or stage






5. 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






6. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)






7. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name






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






9. Man to be married






10. To bog down become disabled or sink






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






12. References to insurance






13. Always preferred over persons - persons only used when it's in a direct quote - also a collective noun when referring to a single race or nation so peoples should only be used when speaking of multiple groups






14. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase






15. 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.






16. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive

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17. 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






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






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






20. A person who gives advice - never advisor






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






22. 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.






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






24. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.






25. 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.






26. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of






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






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






29. Means to influence






30. A person who serves as an assistant






31. 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






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






33. Plural form of problem or turning point






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






35. Extension of time or degree






36. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter






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






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






39. To stand still






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

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41. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.






42. When referring to a woman who has attended a school






43. 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






44. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.






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






46. Kisses






47. Transportation vehicle






48. Kiss






49. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.






50. Means to exclude