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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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






2. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)






3. 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






4. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.






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






6. Means to guarantee






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






8. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger






9. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship






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






11. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase






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






13. Means to make sure or give confidence






14. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid






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






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






17. AP does not italicize words in news stories.






18. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions






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






20. A first performance






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






22. 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






23. Means in addition to






24. Means in an exact sense






25. A contraction for it is or it has

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






27. To be used instead of the sexist terms






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






29. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla






30. Do not use the term teenaged






31. To make an ostentatious or defiant display






32. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage






33. One who comes into a country ___s to it






34. Transportation vehicle






35. One who leaves a country ___s from it






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






37. Kiss






38. To embarrass or disturb






39. Legal term for slaying or killing






40. When speaking of an individual






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






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






43. References to insurance






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






45. Means to receive






46. A person who gives advice - never advisor






47. Means to influence






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






49. Despite means the same thing and is shorter






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