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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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journalism-and-media
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1. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions
heaven
stationary
ravish
speeds
2. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -
rack
compose
wrack
courtesy titles
3. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage
flare
liaison
last
in-law
4. AP does not italicize words in news stories.
less
alumnae
forward
italics
5. To argue to the contrary
figuratively
rebut
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
compliment
6. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
who's
rock 'n' roll
alumnae
troops
7. Means to cause or as a noun means a result
premier
effect
altar
flyer
8. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc
who's
Cabinet
flyer
Legislature
9. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
ensure
imply
widower
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
10. To swing the arms widely
troop
flair
that
badly
11. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of
email
amid
widow
hang - hangs
12. When speaking of an individual
who's
busses
person
website
13. Woman to be married
widower
between
fiancee
City Hall
14. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us
since
login - logon - logoff
among
criteria
15. When referring to a group of women who attended a school
badly
alumnae
premier
compose
16. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife
principle
heaven
as
phase
17. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size
defendant
median
flare
stationary
18. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement
criteria
felony
magazine names
marshal
19. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about
flounder
resident
City Council
either...or - neither...nor
20. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right
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21. To bog down become disabled or sink
subject
effect
founder
aide
22. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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23. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity
plurality
pore
impostor
in-law
24. One who leaves a country ___s from it
emigrate
less
defendant
italics
25. 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
each
people
majority
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
26. Introduces two items - is the correct word when expressing the relationships of three or more items considered one pair at a time - all pronouns must be in the objective case - between him and her - between you and me
between
liaison
crisis
flare
27. Is the possessive of who
bad
whose
busses
ensure
28. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage
biennial
ravish
afterward
besides
29. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late
half mast
federal
besides
widow
30. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.
bad
biennial
either...or - neither...nor
on
31. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton
Legislature
faze
navel
semiannual
32. Kiss
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
felony
last
buss
33. 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
NAACP
altar
under way
immigrate
34. Means to make sure or give confidence
hopefully
assure
alumnus
ensure
35. 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
less
marshall
National Organization for Women
murder
36. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)
effect
wrack
more than
plurality
37. Legal term for slaying or killing
insure
homicide
biannual
Legislature
38. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
phase
daylight saving time
president
its
39. A table-like platform used in a religious service
altar
average
like
principle
40. Writing paper
stationery
murder
alumna
whose
41. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group
amid
norm
rock 'n' roll
figuratively
42. Applied to a person residing away from the nation of which he or she is a citizen - or to a person under the protection of a specified nation.
national
aid
under way
his
43. Means to exclude
except
subject
half staff
in-law
44. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at
City Hall
naval
flout
half mast
45. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish
ravage
muslims
more than
who's
46. Homicide without malice or premeditation
either
manslaughter
was drowned
further
47. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
criterion
president
titles
nicknames
48. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
murder
biannual
widower
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
49. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition
homicide
firefighter - police officer
as
whom
50. Also Independence Day. The federal legal holiday is observed on Friday if July 4 falls on a Saturday - on Monday if it falls on a Sunday.
insure
Fourth of July
who's
since
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