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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying






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






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






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






5. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name






6. Kisses






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






8. Homicide without malice or premeditation






9. 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.






10. A group of people - often military or animals






11. To change






12. Means in an exact sense






13. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship






14. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






15. Means to receive






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






17. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location






18. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.






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






20. A contraction for it is or it has

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21. For non essential clauses - where the pronoun is less necessary and use commas. use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name






22. A person who serves as an assistant






23. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.






24. A listener or reader ____s something from the words






25. One who leaves a country ___s from it






26. Means to cause or as a noun means a result






27. 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






28. Is the possessive of who






29. 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






30. Completeness of process of supplementing something






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






32. Multiple transportation vehicles






33. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction






34. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger






35. 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.






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






37. Man to be married






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






39. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce






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






41. An aspect or stage






42. Plural form of problem or turning point






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






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






45. Singular form of a standard






46. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.






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






48. Is acceptable on first reference to avoid a cumbersome lead - but provide the full name in the body of the story - HQ is in Baltimore






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






50. To avoid any suggestion that someone is being judged before a trial - do not use a phrase such as arrested for killing. Instead - use arrested on a charge of killing. If a charge hasn't been filed - arrested on suspicion of - or a similar phrase - sh







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