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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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2. The correct word to introduce clauses - .e.g Jayne blocks the linebacker __ he should






3. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






9. Kiss






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






11. Despite means the same thing and is shorter






12. Verb to stop the flow of something






13. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam






14. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition






15. 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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. The proper name for some trains and buses






21. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun






22. Transportation vehicle






23. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)






24. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides






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






26. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






27. AP does not italicize words in news stories.






28. Means to gaze intently or steadily






29. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.






30. A contraction for it is or it has

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31. Individual items reduced in number






32. A location on the World Wide Web that maintains one or more pages at a specific address. Also webcam - webcast - and webmaster. But as a short form and in terms with separate words - the Web - Web page and Web feed.






33. A person who serves as an assistant






34. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly






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






36. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement






37. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship






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






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






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






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






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






43. The nouns that follow these words do not constitute a compound subject; they are alternate subjects and require a verb that agrees with the nearer subject - Neither they nor he is going - Neither he nor they are going.






44. Singular form of a standard






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






46. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions






47. Plural form of a standard






48. A group of people - often military or animals






49. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc






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