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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. When speaking of an individual






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






3. 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.






4. 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






5. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife






6. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force






7. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)






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






9. A minor offense against the law






10. Verb to stop the flow of something






11. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






12. One who comes into a country ___s to it






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






14. 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






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






16. Avoid the use of last as a synonym for latest if it might imply finality - this word is unnecessary to imply the most recent if there is a month or day used.






17. Physical distance






18. 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.






19. A first performance






20. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right

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21. One who leaves a country ___s from it






22. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at






23. 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






24. An aspect or stage






25. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






26. When referring to a man who has attended a school






27. 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






28. Takes a singular verb






29. A table-like platform used in a religious service






30. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause






31. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose






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






33. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late






34. Means to gaze intently or steadily






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






36. Means to exclude






37. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals






38. To argue to the contrary






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






40. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school






41. The of is unnecessary






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes






46. Means more than half of an amount






47. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense






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






49. A person who gives advice - never advisor






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