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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. One who leaves a country ___s from it






2. The proper name for some trains and buses






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






4. Is the possessive of who






5. Twice a year (same as biannual)






6. Plural form of problem or turning point






7. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite






8. Transportation vehicle






9. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam






10. Woman to be married






11. A minor offense against the law






12. Physical distance






13. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla






14. Means to guarantee






15. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity






16. Means to exclude






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






18. Kisses






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






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






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






22. Twice a year (same as semiannual)






23. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)






24. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage






25. To show contempt for






26. 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.






27. NOW is acceptable on second reference- HQ is in Washington






28. Do not use the term teenaged






29. To make an ostentatious or defiant display






30. An aspect or stage






31. 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






32. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite






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






34. References to insurance






35. Extension of time or degree






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter






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






42. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size






43. 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.






44. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife






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






46. Use all-caps ZIP for zoning improvement plan - but always lowercase the word code - run the 5 digits together without a comma and do not put a comma between state name and ZIP






47. Verb to stop the flow of something






48. When speaking of an individual






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






50. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship