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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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






2. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill






3. Writing paper






4. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase






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






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






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






8. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set






9. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement






10. Kiss






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






12. A group of people - often military or animals






13. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order






14. Plural form of problem or turning point






15. 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.






16. Means more than half of an amount






17. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.






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






19. The title of an individual who is the first minister in a national government that has a council of ministers. also the correct title for individuals who lead the provincial governments in canada and australia






20. A contraction for it is or it has

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21. A person who serves as an assistant






22. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use






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






24. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead






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






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






27. One who leaves a country ___s from it






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






32. To stand still






33. A listener or reader ____s something from the words






34. Not savings - no hyphen - when linking term with the name of a time zone - use only the word daylight (capitalize only when used with a time zone) - lowercase in all uses






35. Completeness of process of supplementing something






36. 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.






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






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






39. Homicide without malice or premeditation






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






41. Woman to be married






42. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities






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






44. Singular form of a standard






45. 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






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. 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






50. 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.