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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid






2. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides






3. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)






4. 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.






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






6. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife






7. Assistance






8. 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.






9. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.






10. 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.






11. 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






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






13. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order






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






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






16. Twice a year (same as biannual)






17. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups






18. Singular form of problem or turning point






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






20. Physical distance






21. 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






22. Also Independence Day. The federal legal holiday is observed on Friday if July 4 falls on a Saturday - on Monday if it falls on a Sunday.






23. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms






24. 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






25. Woman to be married






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






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






28. A location on the World Wide Web that maintains one or more pages at a specific address. Also webcam - webcast - and webmaster. But as a short form and in terms with separate words - the Web - Web page and Web feed.






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






30. To bog down become disabled or sink






31. 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






32. Man to be married






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






34. To argue to the contrary






35. Homicide without malice or premeditation






36. 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






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

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38. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations






39. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction






40. Legal term for slaying or killing






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






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






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






44. Individual items reduced in number






45. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck






46. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.






47. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






48. To swing the arms widely






49. 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






50. Means to influence