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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. To make an ostentatious or defiant display






2. Means to guarantee






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






4. The proper name for some trains and buses






5. Multiple transportation vehicles






6. Is the possessive of who






7. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive

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8. 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






9. Every two years






10. 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






11. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.






12. Means to flow in a continuous stream






13. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups






14. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name






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






16. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam






17. 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






18. Twice a year (same as semiannual)






19. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.






20. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.






21. Twice a year (same as biannual)






22. Means to exclude






23. Copy pertaining to the navy






24. Legal term for slaying or killing






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






26. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite






27. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of






28. Assistance






29. Means to influence






30. Not afterwards






31. Completeness of process of supplementing something






32. Avoid the use of last as a synonym for latest if it might imply finality - this word is unnecessary to imply the most recent if there is a month or day used.






33. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).






34. Means at the side of






35. 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.






36. Do not use the term teenaged






37. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms






38. Man to be married






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






40. To show contempt for






41. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)






42. When referring to a man who has attended a school






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






44. Individual items reduced in number






45. For essential clauses -important to the meaning of a sentence and without commas. Use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name






46. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife






47. A person who serves as an assistant






48. Means to receive






49. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)






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