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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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






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






3. Despite means the same thing and is shorter






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






5. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.






6. A person who serves as an assistant






7. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun






8. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






9. 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






10. 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






11. Plural form of a standard






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






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






14. A contraction for it is or it has

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15. 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






16. 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






17. Means in an exact sense






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






19. Not savings - no hyphen - when linking term with the name of a time zone - use only the word daylight (capitalize only when used with a time zone) - lowercase in all uses






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam






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






26. Completeness of process of supplementing something






27. 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.






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






29. Homicide without malice or premeditation






30. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person






31. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location






32. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms






33. Kisses






34. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)






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






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. 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






38. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals






39. Means in addition to






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






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






42. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.






43. To argue to the contrary






44. The correct word to introduce clauses - .e.g Jayne blocks the linebacker __ he should






45. Means at the side of






46. To change






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






48. Not afterwards






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






50. 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.