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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. 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






2. Means to make sure or give confidence






3. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order






4. Means more than half of an amount






5. 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






6. A contraction for it is or it has

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






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






9. To swing the arms widely






10. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife






11. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)






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






13. To bog down become disabled or sink






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






15. 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






16. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides






17. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase






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






19. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage






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






21. An aspect or stage






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. Extension of time or degree






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






25. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck






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






27. Twice a year (same as biannual)






28. 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






29. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations






30. In the sense of mass communication - such as magazines - newspapers - the news services - radio - television ad online






31. 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






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






33. 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.






34. Means to receive






35. The proper name for some trains and buses






36. Takes a singular verb






37. One who comes into a country ___s to it






38. Despite means the same thing and is shorter






39. NOW is acceptable on second reference- HQ is in Washington






40. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)






41. Takes plural verb - use it to mean one or the other - not both - right: she said to use either door - wrong: there were lions on either side of the door






42. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter






43. A person who serves as an assistant






44. Writing paper






45. Transportation vehicle






46. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.






47. Verb to stop the flow of something






48. 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.






49. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at






50. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity






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