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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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






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






3. Should not be used as an adverb - use only as adjective. "I feel badly" - could be interpreted as meaning that your sense of touch was bad.






4. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.






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






6. Is the possessive of who






7. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.






8. 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.






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






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






11. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam






12. A person who gives advice - never advisor






13. Means to exclude






14. Malicious - premeditated homicide - some states define certain homicides as this if the killing occurs in the course of armed robbery - rape - etc. - do not say a victim was ____ed unless it was proven in court - instead say the victim was killed or






15. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about






16. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead






17. Means to guarantee






18. Means to receive






19. A listener or reader ____s something from the words






20. To swing the arms widely






21. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime






22. 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






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






24. Means in an exact sense






25. 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






26. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.






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






28. Means to influence






29. To be used instead of the sexist terms






30. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast






31. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.






32. Despite means the same thing and is shorter






33. To argue to the contrary






34. Means to gaze intently or steadily






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






36. Takes a singular verb






37. 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






38. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






39. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. Kiss






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






46. A picture - a criminal or oneself






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






48. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use






49. Singular form of a standard






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