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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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






2. Verb to stop the flow of something






3. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides






4. 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






5. A listener or reader ____s something from the words






6. Means to flow in a continuous stream






7. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun






8. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.






9. To be used instead of the sexist terms






10. Individual items reduced in number






11. 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






12. 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.






13. AP does not italicize words in news stories.






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






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






16. References to insurance






17. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.






18. A picture - a criminal or oneself






19. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about






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






21. Means in an exact sense






22. 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.






23. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






30. Kisses






31. 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.






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






33. 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






34. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)






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






36. When speaking of an individual






37. A first performance






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






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






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






41. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead






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






43. Means in addition to






44. 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






45. An aspect or stage






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

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






48. Is the possessive of who






49. 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






50. A table-like platform used in a religious service