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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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1. Individual items reduced in number
reference works
misdemeanor
No.
fewer
2. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce
compliment
email
alumnae
person
3. A minor offense against the law
misdemeanor
as
each
crises
4. One who comes into a country ___s to it
criterion
toward
further
immigrate
5. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
badly
stationery
median
plurality
6. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person
her
ensure
under way
flay
7. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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8. 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
lay
immigrate
that
flout
9. To swing the arms widely
Orient - Oriental
fiancee
flair
in-law
10. Means to exclude
flounder
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
except
flare
11. 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.
badly
less
hopefully
president
12. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
more than
insure
homicide
flyer
13. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
who's
beside
widower
literally
14. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
titles
alter
one another
century
15. A first performance
half mast
imply
primiere
either...or - neither...nor
16. When speaking of an individual
staunch
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
her
person
17. Kisses
mean
forward
busses
national
18. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
each other
wrack
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
busses
19. Takes a singular verb
muslims
on
literally
each
20. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla
its
under way
stanch
altar
21. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
email
aid
its
infer
22. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
defendant
ravish
Nobel Prize
ravage
23. Is acceptable on first reference to avoid a cumbersome lead - but provide the full name in the body of the story - HQ is in Baltimore
flout
person
under way
NAACP
24. 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
arrest
teenage
hanged
infer
25. Singular form of problem or turning point
crisis
it's
teenage
average
26. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.
median
was drowned
insure
compliment
27. A group of people - often military or animals
troop
norm
biannual
marshall
28. 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.
figuratively
whom
either...or - neither...nor
insure
29. To stand still
each other
last
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
stationary
30. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
sneaked
like
emigrate
alumni
31. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)
each
City Hall
murder
Nobel Prize
32. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
City Council
principal
defendant
alumnae
33. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger
flare
complement
resident
muslims
34. 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
as
marshall
Black muslim
alumna
35. 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.
widower
felony
bad
hanged
36. Verb to stop the flow of something
comprise
troupe
farther
stanch
37. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place
hang - hangs
federal
liaison
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
38. Means to gaze intently or steadily
aid
busses
pore
widow
39. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
half mast
person
figuratively
wrack
40. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late
bad
refute
fiance
widow
41. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause
busses
since
flair
immigrate
42. 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.
whose
citizen
fiance
sneaked
43. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
flaunt
biannual
felony
drowned
44. For hanging not referring to a person's death
founder
arrest
hung
principle
45. 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
either
magazine names
troupe
Orient - Oriental
46. To argue to the contrary
phase
infer
less
rebut
47. Singular form of a standard
flier
bus
further
criterion
48. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
immigrate
ravage
amid
was drowned
49. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.
collide - collision
norm
aid
bad
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.
buses
alumnae
lie
immigrate
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