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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






2. Verb to stop the flow of something






3. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






4. When speaking of an individual






5. The nouns that follow these words do not constitute a compound subject; they are alternate subjects and require a verb that agrees with the nearer subject - Neither they nor he is going - Neither he nor they are going.






6. A person who gives advice - never advisor






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






8. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes






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






10. Not afterwards






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. To bog down become disabled or sink






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






14. 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.






15. To change






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






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






18. A person who serves as an assistant






19. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place






26. Copy pertaining to the navy






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






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






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






30. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun






31. Woman to be married






32. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late






33. Homicide without malice or premeditation






34. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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






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






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






38. Is the possessive of who






39. A listener or reader ____s something from the words






40. Transportation vehicle






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






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






43. To embarrass or disturb






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






45. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -






46. Legal term for slaying or killing






47. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase






48. One who comes into a country ___s to it






49. Man to be married






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