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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Means to influence






2. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use






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






4. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities






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






6. One who leaves a country ___s from it






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






8. An aspect or stage






9. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes






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

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11. Singular form of problem or turning point






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






13. Man to be married






14. For essential clauses -important to the meaning of a sentence and without commas. Use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name






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






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






17. Writing paper






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






21. A first performance






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






23. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid






24. 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.






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






26. 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






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






28. Plural form of problem or turning point






29. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy






30. Verb to stop the flow of something






31. To embarrass or disturb






32. Avoid the use of last as a synonym for latest if it might imply finality - this word is unnecessary to imply the most recent if there is a month or day used.






33. A minor offense against the law






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






35. 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.






36. The title of an individual who is the first minister in a national government that has a council of ministers. also the correct title for individuals who lead the provincial governments in canada and australia






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






38. Copy pertaining to the navy






39. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at






40. Individual items reduced in number






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






42. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force






43. 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






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






45. Transportation vehicle






46. Means to guarantee






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






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






49. 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.






50. The proper name for some trains and buses






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