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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Means to guarantee






2. Kisses






3. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes






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






5. 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






6. Means more than half of an amount






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






8. To bog down become disabled or sink






9. Homicide without malice or premeditation






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






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






12. Means to receive






13. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.






14. The of is unnecessary






15. 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






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






17. When referring to a group of women who attended a school






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






19. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship






20. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill






21. Completeness of process of supplementing something






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






23. Do not use the term teenaged






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






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






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






27. Books - computer games - movies - operas - plays - poems - albums and songs - radio and tv programs - lectures - speeches and works of art should all: - capitalize principal words - capitalize an article - quotes around these works that are not: reli






28. An aspect or stage






29. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes






30. Means to exclude






31. Verb to stop the flow of something






32. To be used instead of the sexist terms






33. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive

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34. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage






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






36. To change






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. Extension of time or degree






42. Means at the side of






43. Plural form of problem or turning point






44. 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






45. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce






46. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy






47. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun






48. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.






49. 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.






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