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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam






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






3. Verb to stop the flow of something






4. Assistance






5. For hanging not referring to a person's death






6. To be used instead of the sexist terms






7. The of is unnecessary






8. Means to cause or as a noun means a result






9. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase






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






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






12. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us






13. Multiple transportation vehicles






14. Kiss






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






16. 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






17. A listener or reader ____s something from the words






18. Writing paper






19. Use with great care - Avoid any suggestion that the writer is making an allegation - Specify the source of an allegation (arrest record etc.) - Use alleged bribe or similar phrase when necessary to make it clear that an unproved action is not being






20. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes






21. A member of a predominantly black Islamic sect in the United States. However the term is considered DEROGATORY by members of the sect - who call themselves muslims






22. Means to gaze intently or steadily






23. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






24. A contraction for it is or it has

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25. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size






26. For: peace - chemistry - literature - physics and physiology or medicine - the prize in economic studies is in memorial to alfred and should be referred to as such - ceremonies are held on Dec. 10 - Capitalize when with name - lowercase when not with






27. Copy pertaining to the navy






28. Means to guarantee






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






30. Means in a hopeful manner. Do not use to mean it is hoped - let us hope or we hope - right: It is hoped we will complete our work in June. wrong: Hopefully - we will complete our work in June.






31. 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






32. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides






33. 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.






34. Plural form of a standard






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






36. 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.






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






38. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name






39. Is the possessive of who






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






41. Singular form of problem or turning point






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






43. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill






44. 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.






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






46. A minor offense against the law






47. AP does not italicize words in news stories.






48. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid






49. 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






50. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive

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