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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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journalism-and-media
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1. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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2. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.
demolish or destroyed
magazine names
subject
Fourth of July
3. In the sense of mass communication - such as magazines - newspapers - the news services - radio - television ad online
media
alumna
that
each other
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
homicide
allege
resident
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
5. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
Legislature
titles
was drowned
homicide
6. Use all-caps ZIP for zoning improvement plan - but always lowercase the word code - run the 5 digits together without a comma and do not put a comma between state name and ZIP
ZIP code
primiere
speeds
over
7. 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.
citizen
each other
pore
over
8. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group
norm
arrest
people
hung
9. A person who gives advice - never advisor
hung
medium
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
adviser
10. 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
pour
which
felony
people
11. To embarrass or disturb
Legislature
faze
emigrate
naval
12. A minor offense against the law
refute
insure
which
misdemeanor
13. Writing paper
defendant
figuratively
email
stationery
14. In an analogous sense but not in an exact sense
navel
figuratively
marshal
mean
15. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.
impostor
all right
rock 'n' roll
buses
16. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.
flaunt
login - logon - logoff
NAACP
one another
17. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.
buss
median
comprise
widow
18. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
afterward
heaven
stanch
alumnae
19. For: peace - chemistry - literature - physics and physiology or medicine - the prize in economic studies is in memorial to alfred and should be referred to as such - ceremonies are held on Dec. 10 - Capitalize when with name - lowercase when not with
allege
Nobel Prize
further
primiere
20. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)
majority
plurality
hopefully
that
21. Plural form of problem or turning point
crises
in spite of
hung
crisis
22. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
aide
whom
buses
besides
23. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
farther
Fourth of July
refute
crisis
24. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order
whose
marshal
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
alumni
25. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force
farther
principle
staunch
stanch
26. Copy pertaining to the navy
troop
hopefully
naval
collide - collision
27. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups
speeds
widower
liaison
since
28. 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.
because
troops
Internet
whom
29. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite
amid
one another
criterion
badly
30. Do not use the term teenaged
troupe
ensure
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
teenage
31. Is the possessive of who
speeds
flaunt
it's
whose
32. Verb to stop the flow of something
forward
stanch
farther
century
33. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.
Nobel Prize
compose
Cabinet
resident
34. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck
complement
sneaked
compose
teenage
35. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides
teenage
as
hanged
wrack
36. 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.
norm
comprise
bad
it's
37. Plural form of a standard
criteria
because
among
widower
38. A table-like platform used in a religious service
whose
half staff
altar
imply
39. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime
defendant
criteria
sneaked
ravage
40. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)
Internet
over
principal
login - logon - logoff
41. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
national
faze
each
42. Not afterwards
daylight saving time
afterward
half mast
demolish or destroyed
43. 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
staunch
comprise
alumna
murder
44. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
imply
under way
busses
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
45. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name
semiannual
hopefully
besides
who
46. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill
half staff
widow
flier
staunch
47. 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
forward
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
its
mean
48. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
semiannual
each other
heaven
biannual
49. Means to guarantee
wrack
beside
effect
ensure
50. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together
average
muslims
between
bad
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