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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. To be used instead of the sexist terms






2. 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






3. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)






4. Means in addition to






5. Kisses






6. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






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






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






9. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations






10. Singular form of a standard






11. 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






12. Twice a year (same as biannual)






13. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast






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






15. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -






16. When speaking of an individual






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






18. Means to exclude






19. To change






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






21. Extension of time or degree






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






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






24. Legal term for slaying or killing






25. Assistance






26. 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.






27. A minor offense against the law






28. A contraction for it is or it has

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






30. AP does not italicize words in news stories.






31. 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.






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






33. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions






34. Takes a singular verb






35. 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






36. Homicide without malice or premeditation






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






38. Every two years






39. Physical distance






40. 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






41. References to insurance






42. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place






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






44. 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






45. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase






46. Means in an exact sense






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






48. Plural form of problem or turning point






49. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities






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