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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions






2. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase






3. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy






4. 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.






5. 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






6. When speaking of an individual






7. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla






8. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime






9. Use instead "survived by his wife" or "leaves his wife" not ______ of the late






10. Not afterwards






11. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides






12. Completeness of process of supplementing something






13. Means to receive






14. Means more than half of an amount






15. Means to gaze intently or steadily






16. A contraction for it is or it has

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17. Should not be used as an adverb - use only as adjective. "I feel badly" - could be interpreted as meaning that your sense of touch was bad.






18. Multiple transportation vehicles






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






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






21. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)






22. A minor offense against the law






23. To be used instead of the sexist terms






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






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






26. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes






27. 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






28. 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






29. Woman to be married






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






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






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






33. Indicates a state of reclining. It does not take a direct object. Its past tense is lay. Its past participle is lain and present participle is lying - when __ means to make an untrue statement - the verb forms are lie - lied - lying.






34. A group of people - often military or animals






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






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






37. Legal term for slaying or killing






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






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






40. To embarrass or disturb






41. A first performance






42. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes






43. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at






44. One who leaves a country ___s from it






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






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






47. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill






48. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton






49. 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.






50. Means to guarantee