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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. To bog down become disabled or sink






2. Extension of time or degree






3. To show contempt for






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

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






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






7. When speaking of an individual






8. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.






9. References to insurance






10. 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.






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






12. 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






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






14. An aspect or stage






15. A first performance






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






17. Malicious - premeditated homicide - some states define certain homicides as this if the killing occurs in the course of armed robbery - rape - etc. - do not say a victim was ____ed unless it was proven in court - instead say the victim was killed or






18. Singular form of problem or turning point






19. Means in addition to






20. Means to flow in a continuous stream






21. 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.






22. Means more than half of an amount






23. Means in an exact sense






24. A picture - a criminal or oneself






25. In the sense of mass communication - such as magazines - newspapers - the news services - radio - television ad online






26. Applied to a person residing away from the nation of which he or she is a citizen - or to a person under the protection of a specified nation.






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. To change






32. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






33. Is the possessive of who






34. Should not be used as an adverb. It does not lose its status as an adjective - however - in a sentence such as "I feel bad." Such a statement is the idiomatic equivalent of I am in bad health.






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






36. 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.






37. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill






38. A person who gives advice - never advisor






39. One who comes into a country ___s to it






40. Writing paper






41. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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






43. Always preferred over persons - persons only used when it's in a direct quote - also a collective noun when referring to a single race or nation so peoples should only be used when speaking of multiple groups






44. 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.






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






46. To embarrass or disturb






47. 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.






48. Indicates a state of reclining. It does not take a direct object. Its past tense is lay. Its past participle is lain and present participle is lying - when __ means to make an untrue statement - the verb forms are lie - lied - lying.






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






50. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense