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1. automatic
No e
A firearm that reloads automatically after each shot. Note there are differences between fully automatic and semi-automatic firearms. Be specific in usage. The form: a .22-caliber automatic
Sandwich
One who leaves a country emigrates from it

2. SAT
Extension of time or degree
Use only the initials in referring to the previously designed Scholastic Aptitude Test or the Scholastic Assessment Test. Example: The students scored above average on the SAT
Wastebasket
A firearm typically used to fire small spherical pellets called shot. Shotguns usually have a smooth bore barrel - but some contain a rifled barrel - Which is used to fire a single projectile. Size is measured according to gauge - except for the .410

3. more than
Acceptable on second reference for surface-to-air missile(s)
Preferred to persons as the plural
Preferred with numerals
But lowercase devil and satanic

4. take over (v.) takeover (n. and adj.)
Inasmuch as
Take over (v.) takeover (n. and adj)
The measure of the size of a shotgun. Gauge is expressed in terms of the number Per pound of round lead balls with a diameter equal to the size of the barrel. The bigger the number - the smaller the shotgun. The forms: a 12-gauge shotgun - a .410-gau
A prefix denoting 1000 units of a measure. Move a decimal point three places to the right - adding zeros if necessary to convert to the basic unit: 10.5 kilograms equals 10 -500 grams

5. anchorman - anchorwoman
Use figures spell out inches - feet - yards hyphen adjectival forms before nouns
Action word lay - laid - laying
Not anchor or co-anchor
The spelling for the city in New Brunswick. To distinguish it from St. John's - Newfoundland

6. Iberia
Named for Samuel Colt - it designates a make of weapon or ammunition developed for Colt handguns. The forms: a Colt .45-caliber revolver - .45 Colt ammunition
One who leaves a country emigrates from it
Headquarters of this airline is in Madrid - Spain
Use Taiwan - not Formosa - in reverences to the government in Taiwan and the island itself

7. Anglican Communion
The name for the worldwide association of the 22 national Anglican churches. Each national church is independent. A special position of honor is accorded to the archbishop of Canterbury - as the pre-eminent officer in the original Anglican body - the
Use it to mean one or the other - not both
Sandwich
Tattletale

8. submachine gun
A lightweight fully automatic gun firing handgun ammunition
Not amuck
The amount of electrical energy consumed when 1000 watts are used for one hour. The abbreviation kwh is acceptable on second reference.
Abbreviate Kan. in datelines or stories. Postal code: KS

9. Figures - Multiple letters and Words as plural
Use K in references to modern transmission speeds - in keeping with standard usage: a 56K modem (no space after numeral). The abbreviation should not be used to mean 1000 or $1000
Plural alumni man who attended a school
Add s NO APOSTROPHES:1930s - ifs - buts - ands - low 20s - ABCs - Four VIPs
Contain - include all - or embrace

10. semiannual/biannual
Twice a year
In indicates location: He was in the room. Into indicates motion: She walked into the room
Use figures. The form: 212-621-1500. For international numbers use 011 (From the United States) - the country code - the city code and the telephone number: 011-44-20-7535-1515. Use hyphens - not periods. The forms for toll free numbers: 800-111-1000
Weak-kneed

11. a.m. - p.m.
Lowercase with periods. Avoid the redundant 10 a.m. this morning.
Most significant word is made plural: daughters-in-law - assistant attorneys general - major generals
Singular criteria is the plural
See John F. Kennedy Space Center

12. tabular matter
Exceptions may be made to the normal rules for abbreviations - as necessary to make material fit. But make any abbreviations as clear as possible
It's = it is; its possessive form of neuter pronoun
But lowercase devil and satanic
Is possessive

13. -in
Acronym for improvised explosive device. IED is acceptable on second reference. Roadside bomb is preferable
Preferred with numerals
Precede with a hyphen: break-in - cave-in - walk-in - write-in
Formerly a trademark - now a generic term

14. Addresses
Use instead of Italy in datelines on stories from communities on this island
Spell out and capitalize first through ninth use figures for others Ave. Blvd. St. only ones allowed to be abbreviated when numbered address is present. Do Not abbreviate compass points if number is omitted
Malicious - premeditated homicide; Do not describe as murder until person has been convicted
Abbreviation for the Latin id est or that is and is always followed by a comma

15. dimensions
No e
Use figures spell out inches - feet - yards hyphen adjectival forms before nouns
Bulk or quantity; I had less than $50 in my pocket
NOT teaspoonsful

16. San Antonio
Describes money - do not capitalize - city where a seat of government is located
To introduce clauses Jim blocks the linebacker as he should
Telecast (n.) televise (v.)
The city in Texas stands alone in datelines

17. principle
To argue to the contrary
Acceptable on first reference for The Russian government's news agency that is officially ITAR-Tass. ITAR is an acronym for Information Telegraph Agency of Russia. Copy from other parts of the former Soviet Union should carry the logo of the local ag
Most significant word is made plural: daughters-in-law - assistant attorneys general - major generals
A fundamental truth - law - doctrine or motivating force

18. bullet
An aviator or handbill; pass out those fliers
Firefighter preferred over fireman or firewoman
A trademark for a type of nonstick coating
The projectile fired by a rifle - pistol or machine gun. Together with metal casing - primer and propellant - it forms a cartridge

19. Idaho
Do no abbreviate in datelines or stories. Postal code: ID
Lowercase when describing the leader of a prayer in a Muslim mosque. Capitalize before a name when used as the formal title for a Muslim leader or ruler
Kindergarten
Gun is an acceptable term for any firearm

20. murder
Describes money - do not capitalize - city where a seat of government is located
Malicious - premeditated homicide; Do not describe as murder until person has been convicted
A heavy - large-caliber shoulder firearm fired by means of a matchlock - a wheel lock - a flintlock or a percussion lock. Its ammunition is a musket ball
When someone is the object of a verb or preposition

21. amnesty
A weapon - usually supported on some type of carriage - that fires explosive projectiles. The form: a 105 mm cannon
See pardon - parole - probation
A unit of power - mostly associated with electricity. Electrical energy is measured in watt-hours (or kilowatt-hours or mega-watt hours). Do not use 'megawatts Per hours.' Abbrev.: W - kW - MW.
Plural alumni man who attended a school

22. stationary
Capitalize formal titles directly before a name; lowercase and spell out when they are not used with a person name or after a title
Most significant word is made plural: daughters-in-law - assistant attorneys general - major generals
To stand still
@ sign not used when needed spell them out and provide an explanatory editor's note

23. Samsung Electronics
See Newspaper Association of America
Headquarters is in Seoul - South Korea
A cannon shorter than a gun of the same caliber employed to fire projectiles at relatively high angles at a target - such as opposing forces being a ridge. The form: a 105 mm howitzer
The new term is kilohertz

24. in

25. amid
Do NOT use teenaged
Not amidst
Abbreviate St. in the names of saints - cities - and other places: St. Jude - St. Paul - Minn.; St. John's - Newfoundland; St. Lawrence Seaway
Malicious - premeditated homicide; Do not describe as murder until person has been convicted

26. tablespoon - tablespoonfuls
Capitalize teamster only if the intended meaning is that the individual is a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters - Chauffeurs - Warehousemen and Helpers of America
The word applies to military or naval ammunition and to shotgun ammunition
Sandwich
Equal to three teaspoons or one-half a fluid ounce. The metric equivalent is approximately 15 milliliters

27. San Diego
The city in California stands alone in datelines
Contain - include all - or embrace
Tattletale
Lowercase - because it denotes not a single period but any series of cold periods marked by glaciation alternating with periods of relative warmth. Capitalize the proper nouns in the names of individual ice ages - such as the Wisconsin ice age. The m

28. people
Teammate
Abbreviate St. in the names of saints - cities - and other places: St. Jude - St. Paul - Minn.; St. John's - Newfoundland; St. Lawrence Seaway
Preferred to persons as the plural
The city in Texas stands alone in datelines

29. each
Once limited to accepting deposits and making home mortgage loans - they are not banks. Since enactment of the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery Act in 1989
When employed to indicate that something is in vogue - use quotation marks only if followed by a noun: It was the 'in' thing to do. Raccoon coats are in again.
Takes singluar verb two people look at each other
Introduces two items; between him and her - between you and me

30. who's
Contraction for Who is NOT POSSESSIVE
Their = possessive pronoun - there= adverb indicating direction - they're= contraction for they are
A compact - relatively inexpensive handgun
The abbreviation Ste. instead St. because the full name is Sault Sainte Marie

31. assure
Acceptable in all forms
This acronym - drawn from the words American travel by track - may be used in all references to the National Railroad Passenger Corp. Do not use AMTRAK. The corporation was established by Congress in 1970 to take over intercity passenger operations f
To make sure or give confidence
Use Arabic figures - separated from letters by a hyphen: M-60 - plural: M-60s

32. impel - impelled - impelling
Something cannot be partially demolished or destroyed
2 c's and m's
Proper tenses for impel
A unit used to measure the power of nuclear explosions. One kiloton has the explosive force of 1000 tons of TNT. The atomic bomb dropped Aug. 6 - 1945 - on Hiroshima - Japan - in the first use of the bomb as a weapon had an explosive force of 20 kilo

33. whom
Acceptable in all references to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
When someone is the object of a verb or preposition
Malicious - premeditated homicide; Do not describe as murder until person has been convicted
Tape recording (n.) tape-record (v.)

34. among
Introduces more than two; must be objective ex. among us
Abbreviation for the Latin id est or that is and is always followed by a comma
Two words unless used as adjective before a noun in a nautical sense
Malicious - premeditated homicide; Do not describe as murder until person has been convicted

35. sanitarium - sanitariums
To flow in a continuous stream
Sanitarium - sanitariums
Abbreviation for the Latin id est or that is and is always followed by a comma
A firearm that fires only once for each pull of the trigger. It reloads after each shot. The form: a semi-automatic rifle - a semi-automatic weapon - a semi-automatic pistol

36. either
Use it to mean one or the other - not both
The verbs: sandbagged - sandbagging. And: sandbagger
Try to avoid abbreviations; use apostrophe in master's degree but not in Master of Science; only use B.A. - M.A. - LL.D. and Ph.D. when needed to identify individual on first reference if after a name set off with commas
Not anchor or co-anchor

37. Afterward/Forward/Toward
No s
A prefix denoting 1000 units of a measure. Move a decimal point three places to the right - adding zeros if necessary to convert to the basic unit: 10.5 kilograms equals 10 -500 grams
Freight railroad - with headquarters in Kansas City - Mo. It is the parent of Kansas City Southern Railway Co. and Kansas City Southern de Mexico SA and it holds a 50 percent stake in Panama Canal Railway Co.
One-fourth of an imperial gallon

38. take off (v.) takeoff (n. and adj.)
Add apostrophe s:p's and q's
Take off - takeoff
Acceptable in all references for severe acute respiratory syndrome - but it should be spelled out somewhere in the story
No e

39. lie
Lowercase when describing the leader of a prayer in a Muslim mosque. Capitalize before a name when used as the formal title for a Muslim leader or ruler
Telecast (n.) televise (v.)
Wastebasket
Untrue statement - lie -lied -lying

40. Teamsters union
The ammunition storage and feeding device within or attached to a firearm. It may be fixed to the firearm or detachable
Acceptable in all references to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
The maxim that between introduces two items and among introduces more than two covers most questions about how to use these words: The funds were divided among Ford - Carter and McCarthy. However - between is the correct word when expressing the rela
Verb to gaze intently or steadily

41. savings and loan association
Once limited to accepting deposits and making home mortgage loans - they are not banks. Since enactment of the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery Act in 1989
When employed to indicate that something is in vogue - use quotation marks only if followed by a noun: It was the 'in' thing to do. Raccoon coats are in again.
Noun and verb denoting completeness or supplementing something
Device used to launch a mortar shell; it is the shell - not the mortar - that is fired

42. hopefully
Means in a hopeful manner; never use
Legal term for slaying or killing
The following are some generally used technical terms dealing with satellite communications. -uplink: The transmission from the ground to the satellite -downlink: The transmission from the satellite to the ground. -footprint: The area on the ground i
Use illegal only to mean a violation of the law. Be especially careful in labor management disputes - where one side often calls an action by the other side illegal. Usually it is a charge that a contract or rule - not a law - has been violated

43. satellite communications
Capitalize only when referring to the total collections of events
The following are some generally used technical terms dealing with satellite communications. -uplink: The transmission from the ground to the satellite -downlink: The transmission from the satellite to the ground. -footprint: The area on the ground i
IED is acceptable on second reference. Roadside bomb is preferable
A trademark for a process of making color motion pictures

44. compose
Create or put together
A fully automatic gun that fires as long as the trigger is depressed. The form: a .50 caliber Browning machine gun.
Precede with a hyphen: break-in - cave-in - walk-in - write-in
Exceptions may be made to the normal rules for abbreviations - as necessary to make material fit. But make any abbreviations as clear as possible

45. anti-aircraft
Lowercase use figures and $ sign
Two Words.
A cannon or other weapon designed for defense against air attack. The form: a 105 mm anti-aircraft gun.
Noun or verb denotes praise or expression of courtsey

46. tear gas
Saudi Aramco is acceptable on second reference. (Formerly the Arabian American Oil Co.)
Someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree ex. school principal
Uses periods in most two letter words; CIA - FBI - GOP; Never use organizations full name then an acronym;
Two Words.

47. handgun
Handgun
Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement DON'T USE instead deny - dispute - rebut - or respond to
Tailspin
A heavy - large-caliber shoulder firearm fired by means of a matchlock - a wheel lock - a flintlock or a percussion lock. Its ammunition is a musket ball

48. complement
Use figures spell out inches - feet - yards hyphen adjectival forms before nouns
Noun and verb denoting completeness or supplementing something
Capitalize teamster only if the intended meaning is that the individual is a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters - Chauffeurs - Warehousemen and Helpers of America
A lightweight fully automatic gun firing handgun ammunition

49. Saskatchewan
Use the ampersand when it is part of a company's formal name or company position title: House & Garden - Procter & Gamble - Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway. The ampersand should not otherwise be used in place of and.
Follow the guidelines in composition titles. Put quotation marks around show only if it is part of the formal name. The word show may be dropped when it would be cumbersome - such as in a set of listings. In text or listing - treat programs named aft
Writing paper
A province of Canada north of Montana and North Dakota. Do not abbreviate

50. teleprompter
It has become a generic term - no longer a trademark - for a type of television cuing device
Contraction for Who is NOT POSSESSIVE
Acceptable on first reference for The Russian government's news agency that is officially ITAR-Tass. ITAR is an acronym for Information Telegraph Agency of Russia. Copy from other parts of the former Soviet Union should carry the logo of the local ag
Salvo - salvos