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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Applied to a person residing away from the nation of which he or she is a citizen - or to a person under the protection of a specified nation.






2. 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.






3. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly






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






5. Kiss






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






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






8. Completeness of process of supplementing something






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






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






11. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship






12. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade






13. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife






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






15. A contraction for it is or it has

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16. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy






17. 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






18. A group of people - often military or animals






19. Singular form of problem or turning point






20. Twice a year (same as biannual)






21. To argue to the contrary






22. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






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






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






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. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.






27. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce






28. Means at the side of






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. To stand still






31. Physical distance






32. For non essential clauses - where the pronoun is less necessary and use commas. use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name






33. 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






34. A picture - a criminal or oneself






35. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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36. For hanging not referring to a person's death






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






38. When referring to a woman who has attended a school






39. 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






40. Transportation vehicle






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






42. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use






43. Kisses






44. References to insurance






45. The proper name for some trains and buses






46. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).






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






48. Plural form of problem or turning point






49. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.






50. To be used instead of the sexist terms