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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities






2. Means more than half of an amount






3. 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






4. Transportation vehicle






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






6. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish






7. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place






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






9. A minor offense against the law






10. Completeness of process of supplementing something






11. 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.






12. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






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






14. An aspect or stage






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






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






17. 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






18. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce






19. Should not be used as an adverb. It does not lose its status as an adjective - however - in a sentence such as "I feel bad." Such a statement is the idiomatic equivalent of I am in bad health.






20. Verb to stop the flow of something






21. Means in addition to






22. Plural form of problem or turning point






23. Do not use the term teenaged






24. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast






25. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly






26. Means at the side of






27. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy






28. To embarrass or disturb






29. 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






30. Means to gaze intently or steadily






31. Homicide without malice or premeditation






32. A listener or reader ____s something from the words






33. Kiss






34. Individual items reduced in number






35. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid






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






37. Assistance






38. Twice a year (same as semiannual)






39. One who leaves a country ___s from it






40. 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.






41. A person who gives advice - never advisor






42. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause






43. 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






44. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife






45. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.






46. 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






47. To swing the arms widely






48. Despite means the same thing and is shorter






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






50. Physical distance