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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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






2. Means in addition to






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






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






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






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






7. Means to cause or as a noun means a result






8. One who comes into a country ___s to it






9. Takes a singular verb






10. Means more than half of an amount






11. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead






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

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






14. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement






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






16. 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






17. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun






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






19. A minor offense against the law






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






21. To stand still






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






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






24. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam






25. 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






26. Homicide without malice or premeditation






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






28. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid






29. 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






30. Every two years






31. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy






32. Despite means the same thing and is shorter






33. Is the possessive of who






34. Means to guarantee






35. Twice a year (same as semiannual)






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






37. AP does not italicize words in news stories.






38. 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






39. 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






40. An aspect or stage






41. 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.






42. Legal term for slaying or killing






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






44. Means to influence






45. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause






46. 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






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






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






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






50. To argue to the contrary