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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides






2. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage






3. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.






4. 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






5. To change






6. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)






7. Man to be married






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






9. Means to receive






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






11. 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






12. 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






13. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -






14. Takes a singular verb






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






16. One who leaves a country ___s from it






17. 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.






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






19. Kiss






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






21. Woman to be married






22. Plural form of problem or turning point






23. 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






24. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)






25. Is the possessive of who






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






27. 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






28. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast






29. Means in an exact sense






30. A picture - a criminal or oneself






31. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement






32. Physical distance






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






34. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship






35. References to insurance






36. 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






37. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions






38. Means to exclude






39. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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40. 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.






41. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase






42. Copy pertaining to the navy






43. The proper name for some trains and buses






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






45. Kisses






46. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.






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






48. Singular form of a standard






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






50. To be used instead of the sexist terms