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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Transportation vehicle






2. 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






3. To bog down become disabled or sink






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






5. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.






6. 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






7. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship






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






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






10. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime






11. One who comes into a country ___s to it






12. 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






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






14. 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.






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






16. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.






17. Means in an exact sense






18. 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.






19. Multiple transportation vehicles






20. 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






21. 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






22. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides






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






24. One who leaves a country ___s from it






25. A group of people - often military or animals






26. To change






27. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)






28. Individual items reduced in number






29. A person who serves as an assistant






30. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions






31. A first performance






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. Means to influence






35. For non essential clauses - where the pronoun is less necessary and use commas. use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name






36. Plural form of problem or turning point






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






38. Man to be married






39. Assistance






40. A listener or reader ____s something from the words






41. Physical distance






42. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.






43. Writing paper






44. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase






45. Woman to be married






46. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid






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






48. 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






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






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